A variable flow rate sprinkler for site-specific irrigation management

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 765-770

  King, Bradley A ^a   Kincaid, Dennis C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Center pivot; Drop size distribution; Lateral move; Sprinkler irrigation; Variable rate application

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DROP FORMATION; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; NOZZLES; PRESSURE CONTROL; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION);

CENTER PIVOT; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; SPRINKLER IRRIGATION; VARIABLE FLOW RATE; VARIABLE RATE APPLICATION;

IRRIGATION;

EID: 14644411048     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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