On-farm Sprinkler Irrigation Performance as affected by the Distribution System

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-109

  Lamaddalena, N ^a   Fratino, U ^b   Daccache, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO AGRONOMICO MEDITERRANEO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRANTS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

ITERATIVE MODELS; SIMULATION MODELS; SPRINKLER NETWORK;

SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION);

IRRIGATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SPRINKLERS;

EID: 33845305755     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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