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This paper, the first in a series of three, develops a simple mathematical model for advance and storage phases of border irrigation. The model has 5 parameters which can be determined from experimental or field observations. Experimental data from 10 vegetated and nonvegetated borders were used to calibrate the model and from 15 vegetated and nonvegetated borders to verify the model. Average relative error in computed advance was less than 6% in calibration and was less than 8% in prediction. The model was particularly accurate if Reynold's number was less than 2,500.
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Singh, V.P., Yu, F.X. A mathematical model for border irrigation I. Advance and storage phases. Irrig Sci 8, 151–174 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00259379
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00259379