Evaluation of potential runoff and erosion of four center pivot irrigation sprinklers

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-85

  King, B A ^a   Bjorneberg, D L ^a  

^a Northwest Irrigat Soils Res Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Center pivot; Erosion; Runoff; Sprinkler irrigation

Indexed keywords

BARE SOILS; BLACK PLATES; CENTER PIVOT; CENTER-PIVOT IRRIGATION; CROP CANOPY; DISTRIBUTION OF WATER; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; GROWING SEASON; OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; OVERLAND FLOW; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TYPES; SPRINKLER DROPLETS; SPRINKLER IRRIGATION; WETTED AREA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EROSION; HOSE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION);

EID: 79951644511     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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