Assessing crop virtual water content under non-standard growing conditions using Budyko framework
Assessing crop virtual water content under non-standard growing conditions using Budyko framework
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使用 Budyko 框架评估非标准生长条件下的作物虚拟水含量
DOI:
10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.08.009
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发表时间:
2018
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Cai Yanpeng
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作者:
Zhang Enze;Yin Xin'an;Yang Zhifeng;Xu Zhihao;Cai Yanpeng
One of the most challenging steps in implementing analysis of virtual water content (VWC) of agricultural crops is how to properly assess the volume of consumptive water use (CWU) for crop production. In practice, CWU is usually considered equivalent to the crop evapotranspiration (ETc). Following the crop coefficient method, the ETcfrom crops grown under standard or non-standard conditions can be estimated by multiplying the reference evapotranspiration (ET0) by one or a few coefficients. However, when current crop growing conditions deviate from standard conditions, accurately determining the coefficients under non-standard conditions will be a complicated process and requires lots of field experimental data. Based on regional surface water-energy balance, this research integrates the Budyko framework into the traditional crop coefficient approach to simplify the coefficients determination. This new method enables us to assess the volume of agricultural VWC only based on some hydrometeorological data and agricultural statistic data in regional scale. To demonstrate the new method, we apply it to the Shijiazhuang Plain, which is an agricultural irrigation area in the North China Plain. The VWC of winter wheat and summer maize is calculated and we further subdivide VWC into blue and green water components. Compared with previous studies in this study area, VWC calculated by the Budyko-based crop coefficient approach uses less data and agrees well with some of the previous research. It shows that this new method may serve as a more convenient tool for assessing VWC.