Performance assessment of AquaCrop model for estimating evapotranspiration, soil water content and grain yield of winter wheat in Tensift Al Haouz (Morocco): Application to irrigation management

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 163, Issue , 2016, Pages 219-235

  Toumi, J ^a   Er Raki, S ^b   Ezzahar, J ^b   Khabba, S ^a   Jarlan, L ^c   Chehbouni, A ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c CESBIO   (France)

Author keywords

Agronomic model; Crop water requirement; Irrigation scheduling; Model calibration; Model validation; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARID REGIONS; CROPS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCHEDULING; SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRONOMIC MODELS; CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL VALIDATION; WINTER WHEAT;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRONOMY; CALIBRATION; CANOPY EXCHANGE; CROP YIELD; ERROR ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; GROWTH MODELING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT;

MARRAKESH-TENSIFT-EL HAOUZ; MOROCCO;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84943649671     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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