Monitoring water use efficiency of irrigated sugarcane production in Mpumalanga, South Africa, using SEBAL
| Autor: | A.L. Paraskevopoulos, Abraham Singels, E. Bastidas-Obando, Francois C. Olivier, C. Jarmain |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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SEBAL biomass water use efficiency 0208 environmental biotechnology evapotranspiration Biomass 02 engineering and technology remote sensing sugarcane irrigation evapotranspiration biomass water use efficiency SEBAL Management Monitoring Policy and Law Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology irrigation 020801 environmental engineering remote sensing Productivity (ecology) Agronomy Photosynthetically active radiation sugarcane Evapotranspiration Environmental science Canopy interception Water-use efficiency Waste Management and Disposal Water Science and Technology |
| Zdroj: | Water SA, Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 636-646, Published: OCT 2018 Water SA; Vol 44, No 4 (2018); 636-646 |
| ISSN: | 1816-7950 0378-4738 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study was to assess the accuracy, spatial variation and potential value of remote sensing (RS) estimates of evapotranspiration ( ET ) and biomass production for irrigated sugarcane in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Weekly ET and biomass production were estimated from RS data from 2011 to 2013 using the Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL). Ground estimates of canopy interception of photosynthetically active radiation ( FPAR ) and aerial biomass were compared to RS estimates. ET was estimated with a surface renewal (SR) system in one field. Evaporation coefficient ( Kc ) values were calculated from ET and reference grass evaporation. Remote sensing FPAR and biomass estimates compared well with field measurements ( R 2 = 0.89 and 0.78). SEBAL ET estimates exceeded SR estimates by 5 mm/week, while full canopy Kc values for SEBAL compared better with literature values than with SR Kc values. SEBAL estimates of ET and biomass were regarded as reliable. Considerable spatial variation was observed in seasonal RS ET (1 034 ± 223 mm), biomass (45 ± 17 t/ha) and biomass water use efficiency ( WUEBIO , defined as dry biomass produced per unit of ET ) (4.1 ± 1.0 kg/m 3 ). About 32% of sugarcane fields had values below economic thresholds, indicating an opportunity to increase productivity. Actual yields correlated well with WUEBIO values, suggesting that this may be used for monitoring crop performance and identifying areas that require remedial treatment. Keywords: remote sensing, sugarcane, irrigation, evapotranspiration, biomass, water use efficiency, SEBAL |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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