Drip irrigation lateral design procedure based on emission uniformity and field microtopography

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 535-546

  Zhu, D L ^a   Wu, P T ^a   Merkley, G P ^b   Jin, J ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Utah State University   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emitter hydraulic variation; Emitter manufacturing variation; Field microtopography variation; Irrigation uniformity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649582213     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.518     Document Type: Article

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