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Modeling Evaporation and Microclimate Changes in Sprinkle Irrigation: I. Model Formulation and Calibration
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1988
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EngineeringMicroclimate ChangesLiquid-liquid FlowFluid MechanicsAgricultural EconomicsModel FormulationGas-liquid FlowIrrigation ManagementAgricultural Water ManagementIrrigation EngineeringSpray EvaporationSpray DropletsLiquid PhaseGeographyIrrigationDisperse FlowMultiphase FlowHydrologyDroughtAerospace EngineeringDewvaporationAerodynamicsSprinkle Irrigation
ABSTRACT THE formulation and calibration of a computer model for estimating spray evaporation and its effect on microclimate downwind from a low pressure, fixed head spray sprinkler are presented in this paper. The model is an adaptation of the PSI-Cell model of Crowe et al. (1977), which considers the coupling of mass, momentum and thermal energy between a gaseous phase (the ambient air), and a liquid phase (the spray droplets). Model assessment and applications are presented in a companion paper.