FIELD EVALUATION PROCEDURE FOR SURGE IRRIGATION.

P. G. McCornick, H. R. Duke, T. H. Podmore

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

6 Scopus citations

Abstract

Soil intake rate data and irrigation advance data were collected on three farms in northeast Colorado during the summer of 1985. These data, and simulated advance data generated with a kinematic wave model, were used to test the adequacy of seven proposed simplified techniques for evaluating surge irrigation. The technique selected consistently results in values of application efficiency and distribution uniformity within three and twenty percent, respectively, of the values given by more complex procedures. This procedure requires determining the time at which water reaches the end of a previously wetted furrow section, the distance of advance at the time inflow stops and the maximum advance distance for each surge. This represents approximately 90% reduction in advance data collection over previous evaluation methods.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)168-176
Number of pages9
JournalTransactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Volume31
Issue number1
StatePublished - Jan 1988
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'FIELD EVALUATION PROCEDURE FOR SURGE IRRIGATION.'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this