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C. M. Burt, A. J. Clemmens, T. S. Strelkoff, K. H. Solomon, R. D. Bliesner, L. A. Hardy, T. A. Howell and D. E. Eisenhauer, “Irrigation Performance Measures: Efficiency and Uniformity,” Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Vol. 123, No. 6, 1997, pp. 423-442. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(1997)123:6(423)

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• TITLE: Assessing Sprinkler Irrigation Performance Using Field Evaluations at the Medjerda Lower Valley of Tunisia

  AUTHORS: Samir Yacoubi, Khemaies Zayani, Adel Slatni, Enrique Playán

  KEYWORDS: Sprinkler Irrigation; Uniformity; Wind Drift and Evaporation Losses; Wind Speed; Pressure Head

  JOURNAL NAME: Engineering, Vol.4 No.10, October 10, 2012

  ABSTRACT: Irrigation uniformity and wind drift and evaporation losses (WDEL) are major concerns for the design and management of sprinkler irrigation systems under arid or semi-arid conditions. Field trials were carried out to assess irrigation uniformity and WDEL under various wind velocities, sprinkler spacings and operating pressure heads. Based on experimental data, a frequency analysis was performed to infer the occurrence probability of a given uniformity coefficient (UC). In addition, statistical regressions were used to model WDEL as a function of different climatic variables. Increasing the operating pressure head improved uniformity at low wind speeds. It was shown that UC has been severely impaired at wind speeds above 4 m/s. In the prevailing wind conditions, the frequency analysis showed that a sprinkler spacing of 12 m × 12 m provided the best uniformity. In the local conditions, it is recommended to stop irrigation when wind velocity exceeds 4 m/s. Moreover, it was shown that wind speed and relative humidity were the main significant variables influencing WDEL.