Water Requirements for Irrigation and the Environment

by Richard G. Allen, Rob A.L. Kselik, David Molden, et al.

Book Overview

1 Introduction: 1.1 Growth of vegetation; 1.2 Crop growth and evapotranspiration; 1.3 Irrigation water requirements; 1.4 The water balance of an irrigated field; 1.5 What does CRIWAR calculate? 1.6 ETp - Pe in the field water balance; 1.7 The irrigation ratios; 1.8 Structure of the Handbook. 2 Evapotranspiration: 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Developments in Theory; 2.3 The Penman-Monteith Approach; 2.4 The Hargreaves-Samani Method; 2.5 Discussion; 2.6 The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048180333
• ISBN13: 9789048180332
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"