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@INPROCEEDINGS{Brogi:1034155,
author = {Brogi, Cosimo and Dombrowski, Olga and Bogena, Heye Reemt
and Hendricks-Franssen, Harrie-Jan and Swenson, Sean and
Pisinaras, Vassilios and Panagopoulos, Andreas},
title = {{N}ovel assessment and development of land surface
modelling for irrigation schemes in {M}editerranean apple
orchards},
reportid = {FZJ-2024-06966},
year = {2024},
abstract = {Land-surface models (LSM) that simulate agricultural
systems can provide key support for decision makers in
precision irrigation and in the management of water
resources under different climate scenarios. An accurate
representation of irrigation in LSM is also crucial to
understand how irrigation practices influence
land-atmosphere processes from regional to global scale.
Irrigation practices are increasingly integrated into LSM.
However, challenges such as lack of data for model
development and validation undermine the possibility to
evolve current LSM into precision irrigation applications as
well as into decision-making tools at the catchment scale
and beyond.In this study, we used the Community Land Model
version 5 (CLM5) and assessed the representation of
irrigation practices and consequent effect on crop yield in
the model using a) the existing irrigation scheme of CLM5
and b) a novel irrigation data stream that allows to
directly use observed irrigation data. Additionally, we used
CLM5 to investigate irrigation requirements as well as the
effect of deficit irrigation on crop yield and crop water
use efficiency (CWUE) at the catchment scale (~45 km2).
Model validation was supported by two highly instrumented
apple orchards located in Agia (Greece) within the Pinios
Hydrologic Observatory (PHO). From 2020, an ATMOS41
all-in-one climate station for monitoring meteorological
data and a SoilNet sensor network for measuring soil
moisture and matrix potential at various depths across 12
locations with SMT100 and TEROS21 sensors were used in both
orchards. Additionally, a System SP cosmic-ray neutron
sensor (CRNS) was installed in the centre of each field to
monitor the field-averaged soil moisture, and several water
meters were used to monitor irrigation rates in the
orchards. Finally, one field was equipped with six SFM-1
sapflow sensors to estimate whole-tree transpiration and
with six SnapShot Cloud 4G remote outdoor cameras.We found
that the novel irrigation data stream outperformed the
existing scheme in terms of soil moisture simulation, even
when the latter was manually adjusted to better mimic actual
irrigation practices. However, both methods resulted in
similar harvest predictions. Nonetheless, the fact that the
existing scheme lacks the necessary flexibility to represent
specific irrigation practices can have important
implications for the simulation of infiltration, runoff, and
sensible and latent heat fluxes. Furthermore, a 25 $\%$
irrigation reduction had negligible effect on simulated
yield and CWUE at the catchment scale, while a 50 $\%$
reduction negatively affected both yield and CWUE depending
on climatic conditions, soil properties, and irrigation
timing (on average -30 $\%$ and -17 $\%,$ respectively).
Although further process representations, such as the
potential impact of deficit irrigation on crop quality, have
yet to be implemented in CLM5, our results clearly show how
CLM5 could be utilized for irrigation and water resources
management at the field and catchment scales.},
month = {Apr},
date = {2024-04-15},
organization = {European Geoscience Union General
Assembly, Vienna (Austria), 15 Apr 2024
- 19 Apr 2024},
subtyp = {Other},
cin = {IBG-3},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {2173 - Agro-biogeosystems: controls, feedbacks and impact
(POF4-217) / DFG project G:(GEPRIS)357874777 - FOR 2694:
Large-Scale and High-Resolution Mapping of Soil Moisture on
Field and Catchment Scales - Boosted by Cosmic-Ray Neutrons
(357874777) / ATLAS - Agricultural Interoperability and
Analysis System (857125)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2173 / G:(GEPRIS)357874777 /
G:(EU-Grant)857125},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)6},
doi = {10.5194/egusphere-egu24-17532},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1034155},
}