Uniformity of localized irrigation systems: validation of equations

Abstract

The localized irrigation systems uniformity coefficient is important to allow evaluation of implanted or just projected systems. With regard to applicable different methods is important to define correlation between them, to allow comparison of evaluated equipments. To evaluate the efficacy of the correlation equations among the coefficients of uniformity of emission, uniformity of absolute emission and statistic uniformity, results of their application were compared to values obtained by conventional measurements. The uniformity coefficients based on the installed emitter flow census were calculated for the evaluated areas and used as a reference. Comparison was made with obtained data by the three methods in two different microsprinkler irrigation systems. Low percent differences between the equation estimated values and those obtained by conventional methods confirmed their validity. This procedure allowed the estimation of the uniformity for one method based on another value estimated by one of the studied methods.