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Water use by a groundwater dependent maize in a semi-arid region of Inner Mongolia: Evapotranspiration partitioning and capillary rise

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  • Wu, Yao
  • Liu, Tingxi
  • Paredes, Paula
  • Duan, Limin
  • Pereira, Luis S.

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This study aimed at assessing the soil water balance, groundwater contribution, crop transpiration and soil evaporation of a rainfed maize crop in Horqin sandy area, north-eastern Inner Mongolia, China. Two years of field data from the Agula site were used, 2008 with relatively high rainfall (363mm) and high water table, and 2009 with low rainfall (125mm) and lower water table. The SIMDualKc water balance model was calibrated with observed soil water content data of 2008 and validated with data of 2009. The model uses the dual crop coefficient approach for evapotranspiration (ET) partitioning, and parametric functions for computing capillary rise. The respective modelling results show that the groundwater contribution represented ca. 50% of crop ET in both years. Estimation errors are small, with root mean square errors of 0.007 and 0.008cm3cm−3 respectively in 2008 and 2009. The Nash and Sutcliffe modelling efficiency were high, 0.93 in both years, which indicates a low variance of residuals. The calibrated basal crop coefficient Kcb mid=0.95 denotes a low density of the crop because it is much lower than common potential values. Soil evaporation was relatively low, 23% of ET in the wet year and 17% in the dry year, because capillary rise does not contribute to soil evaporation but to roots extraction only. Results show that capillary rise plays a main role in supplying the vegetation throughout the season, hence a strong dependence of vegetation upon groundwater.

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  • Wu, Yao & Liu, Tingxi & Paredes, Paula & Duan, Limin & Pereira, Luis S., 2015. "Water use by a groundwater dependent maize in a semi-arid region of Inner Mongolia: Evapotranspiration partitioning and capillary rise," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 152(C), pages 222-232.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agiwat:v:152:y:2015:i:c:p:222-232
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2015.01.016
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