Design and Operation of Farm Irrigation Systems, 2nd Edition

Preface and Contents
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Keywords:   Preface and Contents
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23705
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Authors:   Glenn J. Hoffman, Robert G. Evan
Keywords:   Environmental concerns, History, Irrigation, Sustainability, Water policy, Worldwide development.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23684
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Chapter 2. Sustainable and Productive Irrigated Agriculture
Authors:   Marvin E. Jensen
Keywords:   Climate-based irrigation scheduling, Deficit irrigation, Design challenges, Environmental concerns, Sustainable development, Water, Water accounting.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23685
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Chapter 3. Planning and System Selection
Authors:   Kenneth H. Solomon, A. M. El-Gindy, Sagit R. Ibatullin
Keywords:   Decision making, Irrigation systems, Microirrigation, Planning, Selection, Sprinkler irrigation, Surface irrigation.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23686
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Chapter 4. Environmental Considerations
Authors:   Thomas J. Trout, Dean D. Steele, Keith O. Eggleston
Keywords:   Deep percolation, Environmental impacts, Erosion, Irrigation, Leaching, Runoff.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23687
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Chapter 5. Efficiency and Uniformity
Authors:   Dale F. Heermann, Kenneth H. Solomon
Keywords:   Basin efficiency, Beneficial use, Hydrologic basin, Irrigation design, Irrigation efficiency, Microirrigation, Performance parameters, Sprinkler irrigation, Surface irrigation, Uniformity, Water management.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23688
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Chapter 6. Soil Water Relationships
Authors:   Roger E. Smith, Arthur W. Warrick
Keywords:   Infiltration, Redistribution, Soil physics, Soil water.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23689
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Chapter 7. Controlling Salinity
Authors:   Glenn J. Hoffman, Joseph Shalhevet
Keywords:   Crop salt tolerance, Leaching, Reclamation, Salinity, Sodicity, Toxicity.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23690
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Chapter 8. Water Requirements
Authors:   Richard G. Allen, James L. Wright, William O. Pruitt, Luis S. Pereira, Marvin E. Jensen
Keywords:   Evapotranspiration, Evaporation, Penman, Penman-Monteith, Irrigation requirement, Effective precipitation, Crop coefficient, Landscape coefficient.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23691
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Chapter 9. Drainage Systems
Authors:   Larry G. King, Lyman S. Willardson
Keywords:   Drainage systems, Drainage system design, Drainage system materials, Environmental considerations, Hooghoudt equation, Leaching and salinity control, Moody equations…
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23692
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Chapter 10. Land Forming for Irrigation
Authors:   Allen R. Dedrick,Ronald J. Gaddis, Allan W. Clark , Alan W. Moore
Keywords:   Irrigation, GPS, Land forming, Land improvement, Land levelers, Land leveling, Land shaping, Land smoothing, Lasers, Scrapers, Surface drainage, Surface irrigation, Water conservation, Water management.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23693
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Chapter 11. Delivery and Distribution Systems
Authors:   John A. Replogle, E. Gordon Kruse
Keywords:   Canals, Ditches, Flow control, Gates, Irrigation district, Irrigation management, Irrigation scheduling, Low-pressure pipe systems, Mosquito control, Pipelines, Reservior, Water management.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23694
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Chapter 12. Pumping Systems
Authors:   Harold R. Duke
Keywords:   Affinity equations, Centrifugal, Efficiency, Engine, Head, Head-discharge curve, Impeller, Irrigation, Motor, Net positive suction head, Power, Pump curve, Pump stage, Pumping rate, System head, Total dynamic head, Vertical turbine.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23695
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Chapter 13. Hydraulics of Surface Systems
Authors:   Theodor S. Strelkoff, Albert J. Clemmens
Keywords:   Efficiency, Hydrodynamics, Modeling, Parameter estimation, Simulation, Surface irrigation, Volume balance.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23696
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Chapter 14. Design of Surface Systems
Authors:   Albert J. Clemmens, Wynn R. Walker, Delmar D. Fangmeier, Leland A. Hardy
Keywords:   Basin, Border, Design, Furrow, Irrigation, Surface irrigation.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23697
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Chapter 15. Hydraulics of Sprinkler and Microirrigation Systems
Authors:   Derrel L. Martin, Dale F. Heermann, Mark Madison
Keywords:   Air and vacuum relief valves, Check valves, Friction resistance, Head loss, Irrigation control valves, Pipe friction loss, Lateral design criteria, Surge valves.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23698
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Chapter 16. Design and Operation of Sprinkler Systems
Authors:   Derrel L. Martin, Dennis C. Kincaid, William M. Lyle
Keywords:   Application efficiency, Center pivot, Lateral move, Runoff, Side roll, Solid set, Sprinkler irrigation, Towline, Uniformity.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23699
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Chapter 17. Microirrigation Systems
Authors:   Robert G. Evans, I-Pai Wu, Allen G. Smajstrala
Keywords:   Bubblers, Design, Drip, Irrigation, Management, Microsprinklers, Trickle.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23700
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Chapter 18. Water Table Control Systems
Authors:   James L. Fouss, Robert O. Evans, James E. Ayars, Evan W. Christen
Keywords:   Agrochemical, Arid, Controlled drainage, Drainage management, DRAINMOD, Environmental impacts, Groundwater, Humid, Runoff, Salinity, Subirrigation, Subsurface drainage, Surface drainage…
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23701
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Chapter 19. Chemigation
Authors:   Ted W. van der Gulik, Robert G. Evans, Dean E. Eisenhauer
Keywords:   Chemicals, Crop protection, Fertilizers, Irrigation, Safety, Systems.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23702
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Chapter 20. Wastewater and Reclaimed Water Irrigation
Authors:   Marshall J. McFarland, Matt A. Sanderson, Anne M. S. McFarland
Keywords:   Human health, Irrigation systems, Nitrogen, Nutrient balance, Reclaimed water, Phosphorus, Wastewater, Water quality.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23703
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Chapter 21. Evaluating Performance
Authors:   Joseph M. Lord, Jr., James E. Ayars
Keywords:    Distribution uniformity, Irrigation efficiency, Irrigation system performance, Irrigation system performance evaluation, Microirrigation, Sprinkler irrigation, Surface irrigation.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23704
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Appendix A. Glossary
Authors:   E. Gordon Kruse, Ronald L. Elliott
Keywords:   Glossary in Design and Operation of Farm Irrigation Systems (2nd ed.)
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23682
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Appendix B. Annotated Bibliography of Irrigation Standards
Authors:   Allen R. Dedrick, Kenneth H. Solomon
Keywords:   ANSI, ASABE, ASAE, Drainage, Irrigation, ISO, Microirrigation, Sprinkler irrigation, Standard, Standardization, Surface irrigation.
DOI:   10.13031/2013.23683
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