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Distribution of water and energy is non-uniform in widely spaced, micro-irrigated, hedgerow crops. For accurate water use predictions, this two-dimensional variation in the energy and water balance must be adequately accounted for. To this end, a user-friendly, two-dimensional, mechanistic soil water balance model (SWB-2D), has been developed. Energy is partitioned at the surface depending on solar...
Abstract The traditional reference evaporation with empirical crop factor approach to irrigation scheduling can now be improved upon (due to the accessibility of personal computers) by using a more dynamic description of the factors affecting crop water uptake. The soilwater balance (SWB) model, which quantifies water uptake as a water-supply- or evaporative-demand-limited process, was successfully...