期刊
JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
卷 134, 期 -, 页码 87-96出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2016.06.016
关键词
Irrigation requirements; Turfgrass water use; Landscape coefficient method; Los Angeles; California; WUCOLS
资金
- National Science Foundation [EAR 1204442, IOS 1147057]
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Earth Sciences [1204442] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
As many regions worldwide are increasingly affected by water scarcity caused by unprecedented climate change and population growth, current practices of landscape irrigation need to be evaluated to develop scientifically based water-saving recommendations. We compared widely used evapotranspiration (ET) based guidelines of turfgrass watering requirements with ET from 8 irrigated turfgrass lawns (4 unshaded and 4 shaded by various degree) measured in situ by portable chambers in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. ET from unshaded lawns was 40% higher than recommended irrigation inputs and ET from shaded lawns was mostly within recommended ranges. We evaluated the microclimate coefficient (km), a factor used to adjust ET from reference surfaces to local microclimatic conditions. While in situ k(mc) was mostly within the ranges recommended for California, (1) km ranges for particular landscape types deviated from observations, (2) minimum and maximum km, were beyond recommended ranges, and (3) km, had clear seasonal changes overlooked by current methodology. We propose a method to quantitatively estimate the effect of shade on k(mc) and improved categories and coefficients for applying the landscape coefficient method under realistic urban conditions. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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