Soil salinity related to physical soil characteristics and irrigation management in four Mediterranean irrigation districts

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 959-966

  Aragues R ^a   Urdanoz, V ^b   Cetin M ^c   Kirda, C ^c   Daghari, H ^d   Ltifi, W ^d   Lahlou, M ^e   Douaik, A ^f  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b Trabajos Catastrales SA   (Spain)

^c CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^e INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^f Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Drainage water salinity; Electromagnetic induction (EMI); Irrigation management; Irrigation water salinity; Mediterranean agriculture; Salt load

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION EQUATIONS; CALIBRATION SAMPLES; CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; DRAINAGE WATER; DRAINAGE WATER SALINITY; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION DISTRICTS; IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION WATER SALINITY; IRRIGATION WATERS; MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURE; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEMIARID AREA; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL SALINITY; SOIL SATURATION; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TUNISIA; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

CALIBRATION; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; INDUCTANCE MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATIC REGION; DRAINAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SALINITY; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; VOLUME;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NORTH AFRICA; TURKEY;

EID: 79952744079     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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