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User: Ethan Rocklin
Created on: 2025-06-16
Observation Date 2025-06-16
Comment:
Irrigated winter wheat in the LTER Irrigated Resource Gradient Experiment (Irrigated N-rate Study).
Equipment used: Irrigated with the Valley 8000 Linear Irrigation System.
Amount of water applied: 1.12 inch of water was applied (as measured by six rain gauges).
Irrigation system delay setting: 19.5;
Irrigation pressure: 22 psi;
Pressure at the pump: 50 psi.
Time of application was between 10:01 a.m. - 12:01 p.m.
Weather conditions at 9:30 a.m. Sunny, 72.8°F, wind 4 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 3.68 mph), wind gust 5.71 mph, from the Southeast, relative humidity 60.9%.
Weather conditions at 11:59 a.m. Sunny, 78.6°F, wind 4-6 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 3.21 mph), wind gust 8.76 mph, from the South, relative humidity 49.1%.
Meter reading at the start of irrigation event: 6,623,750.0;
Meter reading at the end of irrigation event: 6,681,131.8;
Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): A minimum amount of 57,380.8 gallons of water was applied at time of irrigation.
Average 423 gallons per minute (as measure by a in-line water meter).
Areas:
Resource_Gradient-Irrigated
Observation Type:
Irrigation
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