EFFECTS OF LAND USE ON SOIL MOISTURE VARIATIONS IN A SEMI-ARID CATCHMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR LAND AND AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Gao ◽  
P. Wu ◽  
X. Zhao ◽  
J. Wang ◽  
Y. Shi
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Agricultural Water ◽  
Agricultural Water Management ◽  
Effects Of Land Use ◽  
Semi Arid

High-resolution soil moisture mapping through the use of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensor and Sentinel-1 data for temperate and semi-arid environments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hami Said ◽  
Modou Mbaye ◽  
Lee Kheng Heng ◽  
Emil Fulajtar ◽  
Georg Weltin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Microwave Remote Sensing ◽  
Nuclear Technology ◽  
Agricultural Water ◽  
Agricultural Water Management ◽  
Semi Arid

<p>Global climate change has a major impact on the availability of water in agriculture. Sustainable agricultural productivity to ensure food security requires good agricultural water management.</p><p>Soil moisture is one of the important variables in irrigation management, and there are many different techniques for estimating it at different scales, from point to landscape scales.</p><p>Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensor (CRNS) technology has the capability to estimate field-scale soil moisture (SM) in large areas of up to 20 to 30 ha and has demonstrated its ability to support agricultural water management and hydrology studies. However, measurement of soil moisture on a global or regional scale can only be achieved from satellite remote sensing.</p><p>Recently, active microwave remote sensing Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging from Sentinel-1 shows great potential for high spatial resolution soil moisture monitoring and can be the basis for producing soil moisture maps. However, these maps can be only used after calibration. Such calibration can be done through traditional, point soil moisture sampling or measurement, which is time-consuming and costly. CRNS technology can be used for calibration and validation remote sensing imagery predictions at field and area-wide level.</p><p>In this study a conversion model to retrieve soil moisture from Sentinel-1 (SAR) was developed using the VV (vertical-vertical) polarization, which is highly sensitive to soil moisture, and then calibrated and validated using CRNS data from temperate (Austria) and semi-arid (Kuwait) Environments. This study is a major step in the monitoring of soil moisture at high spatial and temporal resolution by combining remote sensing and the CRNS based nuclear technology. The preliminary results show the great potential of using nuclear technology such as CRNS for remote sensing calibration of Sentinel-1 (SAR).</p>

Field scale root zone soil moisture estimation by coupling cosmic-ray neutron sensor with soil moisture sensors

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hami Said ◽  
Georg Weltin ◽  
Lee Kheng Heng ◽  
Trenton Franz ◽  
Emil Fulajtar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Root Zone ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Agricultural Water ◽  
Field Scale ◽  
Agricultural Water Management ◽  
Soil Moisture Sensors ◽  
Major Disadvantage ◽  
Filter Approach

<p>Since it has become clear that climate change is having a major impact on water availability for agriculture and crop productivity, an accurate estimation of field-scale root-zone soil moisture (RZSM) is essential for improved agricultural water management. The Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor (CRNS) has recently been used for field-scale soil moisture (SM) monitoring in large areas and is a credible and robust technique. Like other remote or proximal sensing techniques, the CRNS provides only SM data in the near surface. One of the challenges and needs is to extend the vertical footprint of the CRNS to the root zone of major crops. This can be achieved by coupling the CRNS measurements with conventional methods for soil moisture measurements, which provide information on soil moisture for whole rooting depth.</p><p>The objective of this poster presentation is to estimate field-scale RZSM by correlating the CRNS information with that from soil moisture sensors that provide soil moisture data for the whole root depth. In this study, the Drill and Drop probes which provide continuous profile soil moisture were selected. The RZSM estimate was calculated using an exponential filter approach.</p><p>Winter Wheat cropped fields in Rutzendorf, Marchfeld region (Austria) were instrumented with a CRNS and Drill & Drop probes. An exponential filter approach was applied on the CRNS and Drill and drop sensor data to characterize the RZSM. The preliminary results indicate the ability of the merging framework procedure to improve field-scale RZSM in real-time. This study demonstrated how to combine the advantages of CRNS nuclear technique (especially the large footprint and good representativeness of obtained data) with the advantages of conventional methods (providing data for whole soil profile) and overcome the shortcoming of both methods (the lack of information in the deeper part of soil profile being the major disadvantage of CRNS and the spatial limitation and low representativeness of point data being the major disadvantage of conventional capacitance sensors). This approach can be very helpful for improving agricultural water management.</p>

AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT THROUGH MAGNETIZATION OF IRRIGATION WATER: A REVIEW

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 23-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. GILANI ◽  
H. KERMANSHAHI ◽  
M. GHOLIZADEH ◽  
A. GOLIAN
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Temperature Structure ◽  
Magnetization Process ◽  
Agricultural Water ◽  
Agricultural Water Management ◽  
Semi Arid

Agricultural water management in arid and semi-arid countries such as Iran is of utmost importance. Alterations of water as a major component of each bio system through magnetization have been reviewed in this study. Magnetization process has been used as green technology in industry and agriculture with controversial results. Properties of water such as pH, hydrogen bonds, temperature, structure and its ions can be affected by an external magnetic field. Subsequent modifications have substantial impacts on water quality that is determined for optimum plant and animal production. There are some reports among numerous studies in agronomy, gardening and animal husbandry which claim fruitful influence of this treatment both qualitatively and quantitatively. Nevertheless, there are some controversial reports on the effects of Magnetization. In conclusion, the response of organismsdepends on Magnetization time and intensity, water quality and plant or animal species. These variables should be taken into account for further studies regarding this mysteries process.

scholarly journals Land-Use Optimization for Sustainable Agricultural Water Management in Pajaro Valley, California

2019 ◽  
Vol 145 (12) ◽  
pp. 05019018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura E. Garza-Díaz ◽  
Alyssa J. DeVincentis ◽  
Samuel Sandoval-Solis ◽  
Mohamad Azizipour ◽  
J. Pablo Ortiz-Partida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Agricultural Water ◽  
Agricultural Water Management ◽  
Land Use Optimization
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