Improving irrigation ehiciencies

Irrigation of Agricultural Lands

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 1120-1142

  Jensen, Marvin E ^a   Swarner, Lawrence R ^b   Phelan, John T ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Farm irrigation efficiency; Irrigation system; Storage efficiency; Storage requirement; Water conveyance efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102851461     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr11.c66     Document Type: Chapter

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