The dual crop coefficient (Kc) approach to estimate crop evapotranspiration (ETc) separately considers soil evaporation (E) and plant transpiration (T) by computing a soil evaporation coefficient (Ke) and a basal crop coefficient (Kcb), respectively, with Kc=Ke+Kcb. This approach may be more...

This study aimed at assessing the soil water balance, groundwater contribution, crop transpiration and soil evaporation of a rainfed maize crop in Horqin sandy area, north-eastern Inner Mongolia, China. Two years of field data from the Agula site were used, 2008 with relatively high rainfall...

This study aims to assess the economic feasibility of full and deficit irrigated maize using center pivot, set sprinkler systems and drip tape systems through multicriteria analysis. Different irrigation treatments were evaluated and compared in terms of beneficial water use and physical and...

Monthly data records of 40 Iranian stations distributed over the country, for the period 1971–2005, were utilized for estimation of reference evapotranspiration (ETo) using Penman–Monteith (PM-ETo), Hargreaves–Samani (HS) and FAO-PM temperature (PMT) methods. To estimate ETo with HS and...

The irrigation districts of the upper Yellow River basin face a progressive reduction of water allocation and the need to apply water-saving practices due to increasing water scarcity. The adoption of such practices will lead to lower water tables, hopefully in conjunction with controlled soil...