Year: 1969
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Many factors affect the distribution of water to the soil or crop.\nThese can be grouped under sprinkler head, distribution system, climatic,\nand management factors. Sprinkler head factors include size, pressure,\nnumber and type of nozzle, and speed of rotating sprinklers. Distribution\nsystem factors include sprinkler head spacing on the lateral, spacing of\nlaterals along the main pipeline, height of sprinkler above soil or crop,\nstability of the sprinkler riser, and pressure variation in the sprinkler\nsystem. Climatic factors are primarily relative humidity, windspeed, and\nwind direction. Management and other system factors are duration of system\noperation, velocity of lateral or sprinkler movement over the land in\nself-propelled moving laterals and sprinkler machines, alignment of laterals,\nand alignment of sprinkler risers with the vertical.
Author: Claude H. Pair
Language: English
Subfield: Soil Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1606903556