Long-term water balances in La Violada irrigation district (Spain): I. Sequential assessment and minimization of closing errors

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-45

  Barros, R ^a   Isidoro, D ^a   Aragues R ^a  

^a Unidad de Sanidad Vegetal   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canal seepage; Closing error; Evapotranspiration; Irrigation; Soil aquifer balance; Water balance analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EBRO RIVER BASIN; HYDROLOGIC REGIME; IRRIGATION DISTRICTS; LATERAL SURFACE; LONG TERM ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL WASTE; SOIL WATER BALANCE; SOIL-AQUIFER BALANCE; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; WATER BALANCE; WATER BALANCE ANALYSIS; WATER BALANCE COMPONENTS; WATER BALANCE EQUATION; WATER STORAGE;

AQUIFERS; CANALS; CROPS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IRRIGATION; SEEPAGE; SEWAGE; SOIL MOISTURE; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ERRORS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AQUIFER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; IRRIGATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET;

EBRO RIVER; SPAIN;

EID: 81455158383     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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