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User: Jarrod Rhoades
Created on: 2026-07-30
Observation Date 2026-07-30
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: 1.04 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 9:20 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Weather conditions at 9:00 a.m. Sunny , ?°F, wind ? mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was ? mph) wind gust ? mph, from the ?, relative humidity ?%. Weather station had not updated since yesterday.
Weather conditions at 11:20 a.m. Sunny, 78°F, wind 3-6 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 3.6 mph), wind gust 6.07 mph, from the West, relative humidity 48.7%.
Meter reading at the start of irrigation event: 7,117,073 "FWD Total" on meter screen.
Meter reading at the end of irrigation event: 7,168,340
Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): A minimum amount of 51,267 gallons of water was applied at time of irrigation.;
Average 422 gallons per minute (as measure by a in-line water meter).
Areas:
Resource_Gradient-Irrigated
Observation Type:
Irrigation
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