| |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00075.x |
Web URL(s): | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00075.x/full Last checked: 11/21/2013 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00075.x/pdf Last checked: 11/21/2013 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
| Report |
Author(s): | Lesmeister, Crystal;
Pochop, Larry;
Kerr, Greg;
Wulff, Shaun S.;
Johnson, Drew |
Author Affiliation: | Lesmeister: Engineer, WWC Enginering, Sheridan, Wyoming; Pochop: Emeritus Professor; Kerr: Director of the Office of Water Programs; Johnson: Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering; Wulff: Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming |
Title: | Evaluating the "catch-can" test for measuring lawn sprinkler application rates |
Section: | Other technical papers Other records with the "Other technical papers" Section
|
Source: | Journal of the American Water Resources Association/AWRA. Vol. 43, No. 4, August 2007, p. 938-946. |
Publishing Information: | Minneapolis, Minnesota: American Water Resources Association |
# of Pages: | 9 |
Related Web URL: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00075.x/abstract Last checked: 11/21/2013 Notes: Abstract only |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Can test; Evaluative methods; Irrigation rates; Irrigation uniformity
|
Abstract/Contents: | "The effectiveness of measuring lawn sprinkler application rates using the catch-can test was evaluated. A survey of sources recommending the catch-can test for measuring application rates show that catch-can test procedures differ in the collector type, collector placement, number of collectors, and test duration. Analyses of catch-can tests were performed to address these procedural differences, with emphasis on the type and number of collectors required to provide a reasonable level of confidence in test results. The accuracy of the catch-can test generally improves as the number of randomly placed collectors increases. In order to achieve an accuracy of ±25% for 90 out of 100 catch-can tests, the number of randomly placed collectors required ranged from 6 to over 50 for hand-move systems, while for in-ground systems, the number of randomly placed collectors required ranged from 2 to 8, depending on the pressure and percent overlap of the water distribution pattern. As long as a reasonable number of collectors were used when performing a catch-can test, no consistent differences were observed in catch-can test results due to type of collectors when using tuna fish cans, soup cans, or coffee mugs." |
Language: | English |
References: | 14 |
Note: | Figures Tables Graphs |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Lesmeister, C., L. Pochop, G. Kerr, S. S. Wulff, and D. Johnson. 2007. Evaluating the "catch-can" test for measuring lawn sprinkler application rates. Water Resour. Bull. 43(4):p. 938-946. |
| Fastlink to access this record outside TGIF: https://tic.msu.edu/tgif/flink?recno=232967 |
| If there are problems with this record, send us feedback about record 232967. |
| Choices for finding the above item: |
| DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00075.x |
| Web URL(s): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00075.x/full Last checked: 11/21/2013 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00075.x/pdf Last checked: 11/21/2013 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
| MSU catalog number: b2206946 |
| Find from within TIC: Digitally in TIC by record number. |
| Request through your local library's inter-library loan service (bring or send a copy of this TGIF record) |