Assessing the performance of the FAO AquaCrop model to estimate maize yields and water use under full and deficit irrigation with focus on model parameterization

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 144, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-97

  Paredes, P ^a   de Melo Abreu, J P ^a   Alves, I ^a   Pereira, L S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomass and yield predictions; Canopy cover; Crop growth model; Dual crop coefficients; SIMDualKc model; Yield water relations

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROPS; ERRORS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORECASTING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CANOPY COVER; CROP COEFFICIENT; CROP GROWTH MODEL; YIELD PREDICTION; YIELD-WATER RELATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CROP YIELD; ERROR ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; MAIZE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARAMETERIZATION; SIMULATION; SOIL WATER; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84903177636     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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