Effect of hydraulic head and slope of water distribution uniformity of a low-cost drip irrigation system

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-356

  Ella, Victor B ^a   Reyes, Manuel R ^b   Yoder, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^b NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c International Development Enterprises   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Christiansen's method; Coefficient of uniformity; Distribution uniformity; Drip irrigation; Merriam and Keller'smethod

Indexed keywords

CHRISTIANSEN'S METHOD; COEFFICIENT OF UNIFORMITY; DISTRIBUTION UNIFORMITY; DRIP IRRIGATION; MERRIAM AND KELLER'SMETHOD;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HYDRAULICS; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

EID: 67651101079     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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