Abstract
Many factors affect the distribution of water to the soil or crop. These can be grouped under sprinkler head, distribution system, climatic, and management factors. Sprinkler head factors include size, pressure, number and type of nozzle, and speed of rotating sprinklers. Distribution system factors include sprinkler head spacing on the lateral, spacing of laterals along the main pipeline, height of sprinkler above soil or crop, stability of the sprinkler riser, and pressure variation in the sprinkler system. Climatic factors are primarily relative humidity, windspeed, and wind direction. Management and other system factors are duration of system operation, velocity of lateral or sprinkler movement over the land in self-propelled moving laterals and sprinkler machines, alignment of laterals, and alignment of sprinkler risers with the vertical.
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