A holistic generic integrated approach for irrigation, crop and field management: 1. The SALTMED model and its calibration using field data from Egypt and Syria

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 67-88

  Ragab, R ^a,d   Malash, N ^b   Abdel Gawad, G ^c   Arslan, A ^c   Ghaibeh, A ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Minufiya Government   (Egypt)

^c Arab Centre of the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD)   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d Work Team on Use of Poor Quality Waters for Irrigation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Crop yield; Egypt; Evapotranspiration; Integrated water management; Irrigation; Salinity; SALTMED model; Soil moisture; Syria; Tomato; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT; SALTMED MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER UPTAKE;

CROPS; FRUITS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

IRRIGATION;

CROP PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION; SALINITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CALIBRATION; EGYPT; FARM CROPS; IRRIGATION; SALINITY; SYRIA; TOMATOES; YIELD;

AFRICA; ASIA; EGYPT; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 28344436961     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2005.04.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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