From rainfed agriculture to stress-avoidance irrigation: I. A generalized irrigation scheme with stochastic soil moisture

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-271

  Vico, Giulia ^a   Porporato, Amilcare ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Rainfall unpredictability; Rainfed agriculture; Stochastic soil water balance; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AVAILABLE WATER; CLIMATIC FEATURES; CROP YIELD; EXTREME CASE; IRRIGATION METHODS; IRRIGATION SCHEMES; IRRIGATION WATERS; MICROIRRIGATION; NET PROFITS; RAIN FED AGRICULTURE; RAINFALL UNPREDICTABILITY; SOIL PARAMETERS; SPRINKLER IRRIGATION; STEADY STATE; STOCHASTIC SOIL WATER BALANCE; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; WATER REQUIREMENTS; WATER SHORTAGES; WATER STRESS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; CROPS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROFITABILITY; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION);

IRRIGATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STRESS;

EID: 78751637316     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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