Influence of land leveling precision on level-basin advance and performance

Faculty	Not Specified	Year:	1999
Type of Publication:	Article	Pages:	1019-1025
Authors:	Clemmens, AJ, Strelkoff, TS, Fangmeier, DD, El-Ansary, M, Osman, HE
Journal:	TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASAE AMER SOC AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS	Volume:	42
Research Area:	Agriculture	ISSN	ISI:000082401600022
Keywords :	irrigation, land leveling, surface irrigation, level basin irrigation, irrigation efficiency, uniformity
Abstract:	The effect of land leveling precision on irrigation advance, application efficiency, and distribution uniformity in level basins was studied using statistical and computer models. For a typical Egyptian field efficiency and uniformity decreased substantially when the standard deviations of the soil surface elevations were greater than 20 mm.
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