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Evaluation of Collector Size for the Measurement of Irrigation Depths
Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org
Citation: Paper number 032007, 2003 ASAE Annual Meeting . (doi: 10.13031/2013.13986) @2003Authors: E. Dogan, G. A. Clark, D. H. Rogers, V. L. Martin
Keywords: Irrigation, Sprinklers, Irrigation Depth, Rain Gauge
Results from three years and locations indicated that collectors with a 10-cm opening may not provide reliable irrigation depth data under fixed-plate (FP) sprinkler packages that produce distinct streams of water. Collectors with 15-cm diameter openings provided acceptable results under the FP sprinkler packages. The 10-cm opening collectors accurately measured both irrigation depth and uniformity under spinning plate (SP) and wobbling-plate (WP) sprinkler irrigation packages that produced smaller, more evenly distributed irrigation droplets with no distinct streams or jets.
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