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User: Jarrod Rhoades
Created on: 2026-07-02
Observation Date 2026-07-02
Comment:
Irrigated corn 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: 1.07 inch of water was applied (as measured by six rain gauges).
Irrigation system delay setting: 20;
Irrigation pressure: 21 psi;
Pressure at the pump: 50 psi.
Time of application was between 10:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Weather conditions at 10:25 a.m. Partly Cloudy , 84.7°F, wind 5-7 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 5.41 mph) wind gust ? mph, from the West, relative humidity 68.4%.
Weather conditions at 12:20 p.m. Partly Cloudy, 87.7°F, wind 4-6 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 4.68 mph), wind gust ? mph, from the South West, relative humidity 65.1%.
Meter reading at the start of irrigation event: ?
Meter reading at the end of irrigation event: ?
Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): A minimum amount of ? gallons of water was applied at time of irrigation.;
Average ? gallons per minute (as measure by a in-line water meter).
The in line water meter was not working at the time of irrigation.
Areas:
Resource_Gradient-Irrigated
Observation Type:
Irrigation
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