A comparison of uniformity measures for drip irrigation systems

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1013-1020

  Camp, C R ^a,b   Sadler, E J ^a,b   Busscher, W J ^b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution uniformity; Drip trickle micro irrigation; Emitter flow; Emitter plugging; Simulation; Uniformity coefficient

Indexed keywords

DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; EMITTER PLUGGING;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

IRRIGATION;

IRRIGATION; NUTRIENT; WATER;

EID: 0031195101     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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