Abstract Knowledge of the soil water balance is fundamental for improving crop water use in
agricultural fields. Estimates are normally for representative and homogeneous areas where …

Soil salinization poses a significant threat to agricultural production in Portugal.
Collaborative research spanning three decades with the US Salinity Laboratory in Riverside …

Accurate knowledge of soil hydraulic properties is essential for effectively simulating soil
water dynamics in field plots. However, determining these properties directly can be …

Deficit irrigation practices carried out in very high-density olive orchards grown in the
Alentejo region of southern Portugal can bring important economic benefits in terms of water …

Nowadays there is an increasing effort for raising global awareness for the importance of
soils to ensure food security, to improve agricultural and environmental planning and …

Efficient water management plans are required to ensure food security in areas prone to
drought and soil degradation. Hydrological modeling can help to achieve this goal by …

Most pedotransfer functions (PTFs) have adopted soil texture information as the main
predictor to estimate soil hydraulic properties, whether inputs are defined in terms of the …

Hydrological modellers have recently been challenged to improve watershed models by
better integrating soil information into model applications. Reliable soil hydraulic information …

There is increasing competition for water resources in the face of declining aquifer reserves
and increasing risk in many areas of drought related to climate change. At the same time …

Access to soil hydrological data is vital for hydrology projects and for supporting decision-
making in issues related to the availability of food and water and the forecasting of …