Night irrigation reduction for water saving in medium-sized systems

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 108-116

  De Bièvre, Bert ^a   Alvarado, Andrés ^b   Timbe, Luis ^b   Célleri, Rolando ^b   Feyen, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Hydraulic models; Hydraulic performance; Irrigation practices; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IRRIGATION CANALS;

FLOW VARIATION;

IRRIGATION;

HYDRODYNAMICS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WATER DEMAND;

HYDRODYNAMICS; IRRIGATION; SIMULATION; WATER WAYS;

EID: 0242416587     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2003)129:2(108)     Document Type: Article

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