Agricultural Water Management: Theories and Practices advances the scientific understanding, development and application of agricultural water management through an integrated approach. This book presents a collection of recent developments and applications of agricultural water management from advanced sources, such as satellite, mesoscale and climate models that are integrated with conceptual modeling systems. Users will find sections on drought, irrigation scheduling, weather forecasting, climate change, precipitation forecasting, and more. By linking these systems, this book provides the first resource to promote the synergistic and multidisciplinary activities of scientists in hydro-meteorological and agricultural sciences.
As agricultural water management has gained considerable momentum in recent decades among the earth and environmental science communities as they seek solutions and an understanding of the concepts integral to agricultural water management, this book is an ideal resource for study and reference.
1. Part I. Introduction - p. xxiii 2. Chapter 1. Concepts and methodologies for agricultural water management - p. 3 3. Chapter 2. Traditional water management in India - p. 21 4. Chapter 3. Application of geospatial technology in agricultural water management - p. 31 5. Part II. Conventional techniques - p. 45 6. Chapter 4. Treated waste water as an alternative to fresh water irrigation with improved crop production - p. 49 7. Chapter 5. Assessing the suitability of Ghaghra River water for irrigation purpose in India - p. 67 8. Chapter 6. Desiccation-tolerant rhizobacteria: a possible approach for managing agricultural water stress - p. 83 9. Chapter 7. Irrigation water quality appraisal using statistical methods and WATEQ4F geochemical model - p. 103 10. Part III. Earth observation techniques - p. 140 11. Chapter 8. Estimation of potential evapotranspiration using INSAT-3D satellite data over an agriculture area - p. 143 12. Chapter 9. Estimation of evapotranspiration using surface energy balance system and satellite datasets - p. 157 13. Chapter 10. Large-scale soil moisture mapping using Earth observation data and its validation at selected agricultural sites over Indian region - p. 185 14. Chapter 11. A preliminary evaluation of the ‘simplified triangle’ with Sentinel-3 images for mapping surface soil moisture and evaporative fluxes: results obtained in a Spanish savannah environment - p. 209 15. Part IV. Computational intelligence techniques - p. 223 16. Chapter 12. Artificial neural network for the estimation of soil moisture using earth observation datasets - p. 227 17. Chapter 13. Soil moisture retrieval from the AMSR-E - p. 241 18. Chapter 14. Bistatic scatterometer for the retrieval of soil moisture - p. 279 19. Chapter 15. Soil water content influence on pesticide persistence and mobility - p. 307 20. Part V. Geospatial techniques - p. 327 21. Chapter 16. Irrigation water demand estimation in Bundelkhand region using the variable infiltration capacity model - p. 331 22. Chapter 17. Drainage network analysis to understand the morphotectonic significance in upper Tuirial watershed, Aizawl, Mizoram - p. 349 23. Chapter 18. Development of android application for visualisation of soil water demand - p. 375 24. Chapter 19. GIS-based analysis for soil moisture estimation via kriging with external drift - p. 391 25. Chapter 20. Modelling key parameters characterising land surface using the SimSphere SVAT model - p. 409 26. Part VI. Future challenges in agricultural water management - p. 442 27. Chapter 21. Future challenges in agricultural water management - p. 445 28. Index - p. 457
Agricultural Water Management: Theories and Practices advances the scientific understanding, development and application of agricultural water management through an integrated approach. This book presents a collection of recent developments and applications of agricultural water management from advanced sources, such as satellite, mesoscale and climate models that are integrated with conceptual modeling systems. Users will find sections on drought, irrigation scheduling, weather forecasting, climate change, precipitation forecasting, and more. By linking these systems, this book provides the first resource to promote the synergistic and multidisciplinary activities of scientists in hydro-meteorological and agricultural sciences.
As agricultural water management has gained considerable momentum in recent decades among the earth and environmental science communities as they seek solutions and an understanding of the concepts integral to agricultural water management, this book is an ideal resource for study and reference.
1. Part I. Introduction - p. xxiii 2. Chapter 1. Concepts and methodologies for agricultural water management - p. 3 3. Chapter 2. Traditional water management in India - p. 21 4. Chapter 3. Application of geospatial technology in agricultural water management - p. 31 5. Part II. Conventional techniques - p. 45 6. Chapter 4. Treated waste water as an alternative to fresh water irrigation with improved crop production - p. 49 7. Chapter 5. Assessing the suitability of Ghaghra River water for irrigation purpose in India - p. 67 8. Chapter 6. Desiccation-tolerant rhizobacteria: a possible approach for managing agricultural water stress - p. 83 9. Chapter 7. Irrigation water quality appraisal using statistical methods and WATEQ4F geochemical model - p. 103 10. Part III. Earth observation techniques - p. 140 11. Chapter 8. Estimation of potential evapotranspiration using INSAT-3D satellite data over an agriculture area - p. 143 12. Chapter 9. Estimation of evapotranspiration using surface energy balance system and satellite datasets - p. 157 13. Chapter 10. Large-scale soil moisture mapping using Earth observation data and its validation at selected agricultural sites over Indian region - p. 185 14. Chapter 11. A preliminary evaluation of the ‘simplified triangle’ with Sentinel-3 images for mapping surface soil moisture and evaporative fluxes: results obtained in a Spanish savannah environment - p. 209 15. Part IV. Computational intelligence techniques - p. 223 16. Chapter 12. Artificial neural network for the estimation of soil moisture using earth observation datasets - p. 227 17. Chapter 13. Soil moisture retrieval from the AMSR-E - p. 241 18. Chapter 14. Bistatic scatterometer for the retrieval of soil moisture - p. 279 19. Chapter 15. Soil water content influence on pesticide persistence and mobility - p. 307 20. Part V. Geospatial techniques - p. 327 21. Chapter 16. Irrigation water demand estimation in Bundelkhand region using the variable infiltration capacity model - p. 331 22. Chapter 17. Drainage network analysis to understand the morphotectonic significance in upper Tuirial watershed, Aizawl, Mizoram - p. 349 23. Chapter 18. Development of android application for visualisation of soil water demand - p. 375 24. Chapter 19. GIS-based analysis for soil moisture estimation via kriging with external drift - p. 391 25. Chapter 20. Modelling key parameters characterising land surface using the SimSphere SVAT model - p. 409 26. Part VI. Future challenges in agricultural water management - p. 442 27. Chapter 21. Future challenges in agricultural water management - p. 445 28. Index - p. 457
