Characterizing pivot sprinklers using an experimental irrigation machine

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 177-193

  Playan E ^a   Garrido, S ^b   Faci, J M ^b   Galan A ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b Lab for Agronomy and Environment   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fixed plate; Precipitation; Rotating plate; Wind drift and evaporation losses

Indexed keywords

FIXED SPRAY PLATE SPRINKLERS (FSPS); ROTATING SPRAY PLATE SSPRINKLERS (RSPS); WATER APPLICATION; WATER PRECIPITATION;

EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION); SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER ABSORPTION;

IRRIGATION;

EVAPORATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; WINDTHROW;

EID: 8444223069     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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