Conservation potential of agricultural water conservation subsidies

R Huffaker - Water Resources Research, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
A current policy subsidizes farmers to invest in improved on‐farm irrigation efficiency,
expecting water to be conserved off farm. Contrary to expectation, water has been …

Using remote sensing to evaluate the spatial variability of evapotranspiration and crop coefficient in the lower Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico

Z Samani, AS Bawazir, M Bleiweiss, R Skaggs… - Irrigation Science, 2009 - Springer
Pecan is a major crop in the lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV), New Mexico. Currently, about
11,000 ha of pecan orchards at various stages of growth are consuming about 40% of …

Evaluating on-farm irrigation efficiency across the watershed: a case study of New Mexico's Lower Rio Grande Basin

R Ahadi, Z Samani, R Skaggs - Agricultural Water Management, 2013 - Elsevier
Irrigation efficiency is a critical factor in irrigation water management. Irrigation efficiency is
used in economic analysis when selecting an irrigation system design, and in irrigation …

Relationships between riparian evapotranspiration and groundwater depth along a semiarid irrigated river valley

MR Lurtz, RR Morrison, TK Gates… - Hydrological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Evapotranspiration (ET) from riparian vegetation can be difficult to estimate due to relatively
abundant water supply, spatial vegetation heterogeneity, and interactions with …

A simple irrigation scheduling approach for pecans

Z Samani, S Bawazir, R Skaggs, J Longworth… - Agricultural Water …, 2011 - Elsevier
Pecans are a major crop in New Mexico's Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV). It is estimated
that New Mexico is responsible for about 21% of the world's pecan production (Lillywhite et …

A modeling framework for deriving daily time series of evapotranspiration maps using a surface energy balance model

K Khand, S Taghvaeian, P Gowda, G Paul - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Surface energy balance models have been one of the most widely used approaches to
estimate spatially distributed evapotranspiration (ET) at varying landscape scales. However …

Supply reliability under climate change: forbearance agreements and measurement of water conserved

B Colby, L Jones, M O'Donnell - Water Markets for the 21st Century: What …, 2014 - Springer
Climate change brings about hydrologic changes that include higher seasonal inter-annual
and decadal variability in precipitation, streamflow and water in storage. This increased …

Alfalfa water use and crop coefficients across the watershed: from theory to practice

Z Samani, R Skaggs, J Longworth - Journal of irrigation and …, 2013 - ascelibrary.org
In this study, remote sensing technology and crop production functions were used to
compare the theoretical crop coefficient (K c) and the theoretically optimal or potential crop …

[PDF][PDF] Estimating water use by giant reed along the Rio Grande using a large aperture scintillometer

PH Gowda, JA Goolsby, C Yang, S Basu… - Subtrop. Plant …, 2011 - subplantsci.org
Giant reed (Arundo donax L.) is a bamboo-like perennial invasive weed from Eurasia
presenting a severe threat to agroecosystems and riparian areas in Texas and Mexican …

草坪冠层特征对蒸散量影响的研究进展

朱钦, 苏德荣 - 草地学报, 2010 - manu40.magtech.com.cn
分别从显微和超微结构观察木耳菌种老化过程中菌丝细胞的形态变化. 结果显示: 接种后30d 时,
光镜下观察到菌丝结构均匀紧凑, 细胞壁光滑; 电镜下观察到细胞结构完整, 内含物丰富 …