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AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
Volume 187, Issue -, Pages 200-209Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2017.03.015
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Actual evapotranspiration; Lysimeter; Penman-Monteith method; SEBAL model; Wheat
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In this study an attempt has been made to estimate the actual wheat crop evapotranspiration (ET,) by Surface Energy Balance Algorithm (SEBAL) and standardized FAO-Penman-Monteith (FAO-PM) method. Improved knowledge of evapotranspiration (ET) helps in understanding the water balance of any region. The results obtained through measured lysimeter, SEBAL and PM method were evaluated through statistical performance measure tests. ETc estimated from SEBAL was found to correlate significantly as R-2 (0.91) with the measured ET, of lysimeter. ETc estimated by SEBAL was also compared with PM ET, with the help of crop coefficient and was found to correlate significantly as R-2 (0.85). The other statistical parameters (RMSE = 0.56, nRMSE = 0.09, MAE = 0.26, NRMSE = 0.20, R-RMSE= 0.27, NSE= 1, d = 0.87 (approximate to 1)) were also showing a good agreement between SEBAL ETc and PM ETc. The findings of work have suggested that SEBAL model shows a good potential to estimate spatial ETc for the region. Additionally the validation of models results were performed with the analysis of correlation between models ET, and district level wheat production and area under crop of five years. The results of this analysis outline that water availability and good amount of rainfall gives higher wheat yield and resulted into more ETc. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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