Irrigation, site-specific

Kincaid, D.C. and Buchleiter, G.W. (2004) Irrigation, site-specific. In: Howell, T.A., (ed.) Encyclopedia of Water Science. pp. 1-4. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York.

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Abstract

Irrigation systems have evolved from flood systems to
pressurized sprinkler and trickle systems. In flood irrigation, water is applied to a field in a controlled stream
and allowed to flow over the soil surface by gravity, the
final distribution being affected by variations in surface
slope and water infiltration rates. Well-designed pressurized irrigation systems apply water at sufficiently low
rates that it infiltrates with little or no surface movement,
thus providing a greater degree of control and improved
uniformity of application.

Item Type:	Book Section
NWISRL Publication Number:	1146
Subjects:	Irrigation > Site-specific irrigation Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous)
Depositing User:	Dan Stieneke
Date Deposited:	20 Nov 2010 21:55
Last Modified:	03 Nov 2016 15:57
Item ID:	826
URI:	https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/826