WINDS Model Demonstration with Field Data from a Furrow-Irrigated Cotton Experiment

The WINDS (Water-Use, Irrigation, Nitrogen, Drainage, and Salinity) model was developed to provide decision support for irrigated-crop management in the U.S. Southwest. The model uses a daily time-step soil water balance (SWB) to simulate the dynamics of water content in the soil profile and evapotr...

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Published in:Water (Basel) 2023-04, Vol.15 (8), p.1544
Main Authors: Maqsood, Hadiqa, Hunsaker, Douglas J., Waller, Peter, Thorp, Kelly R., French, Andrew, Elshikha, Diaa Eldin, Loeffler, Reid
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural ecology
Analysis
Aquatic resources
Arizona
Calibration
Coefficients
Cotton
Crop growth
Crop yields
Crops
Deserts
Efficiency
Evapotranspiration
Experiments
Field capacity
Furrow irrigation
Furrows
Groundwater overdraft
Growing season
Growth models
Irrigation
Irrigation water
Loam soils
Moisture content
Moisture meters
Remote sensing
Reservoirs
Root-mean-square errors
Scheduling
Sensors
Soil dynamics
Soil profiles
Soil properties
Soil water
Water balance
Water content
Water in agriculture
Water shortages
Water use
Water-supply, Agricultural
Wilting
Wilting point
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Summary:The WINDS (Water-Use, Irrigation, Nitrogen, Drainage, and Salinity) model was developed to provide decision support for irrigated-crop management in the U.S. Southwest. The model uses a daily time-step soil water balance (SWB) to simulate the dynamics of water content in the soil profile and evapotranspiration. The model employs a tipping bucket approach during infiltration events and Richards’ equation between infiltration events. This research demonstrates WINDS simulation of a furrow-irrigated cotton experiment, conducted in 2007 in central Arizona, U.S. Calibration procedures for WINDS include the crop coefficient curve or segmented crop coefficient curve, rate of root growth, and root activity during the growing season. In this research, field capacity and wilting point were measured in the laboratory at each location and in each layer. Field measurements included water contents in layers by neutron moisture meter (NMM), irrigation, crop growth, final yield, and actual ETc derived by SWB. The calibrated WINDS model was compared to the neutron probe moisture contents. The average coefficient of determination was 0.92, and average root mean squared error (RMSE) was 0.027 m3 m−3. The study also demonstrated WINDS ability to reproduce measured crop evapotranspiration (ETc actual) during the growing season. This paper introduces the online WINDS model.
ISSN:2073-4441
2073-4441
DOI:10.3390/w15081544