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A Comparative Study for Estimating Crop Evapotranspiration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
A Comparative Study for Estimating Crop Evapotranspiration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
University of California, Davis (UC Davis) | April 23, 2018...SummaryConsumptive water use by crops, often referred to as evapotranspiration (ET), is frequently the largest component of an agricultural region’s water balance. This study...
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Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency Potential in California
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Pacific Institute | June 10, 2014...SummaryAgriculture uses about 80 percent of California’s developed water supply. As such a large user, it is heavily impacted by the availability and...
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Agricultural Water Use Efficiency (Resource Management Strategy)
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Department of Water Resources | July 29, 2016...SummaryThe agricultural water use efficiency strategy describes the use and application of scientific processes to control agricultural water delivery and use to achieve...
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Bulletin No. 6, Irrigation Requirements of California Lands, being Appendix “B” Report to the Legislature of 1923 of the Water Resources of California
Bulletin No. 6, Irrigation Requirements of California Lands, being Appendix “B” Report to the Legislature of 1923 of the Water Resources of California
California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | January 1, 1923...SummaryView DocumentBecome a member to access this feature
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California Agricultural Production and Irrigated Water Use
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Congressional Research Service | June 30, 2015...SummaryCalifornia ranks as the leading agricultural state in the United States in terms of farm-level sales. In 2012, California’s farm-level sales totaled nearly...
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California Simulation of Evapotranspiration of Applied Water and Agricultural Energy Use in California
California Simulation of Evapotranspiration of Applied Water and Agricultural Energy Use in California
Journal of Integrative Agriculture | August 15, 2013...SummaryThe California Simulation of Evapotranspiration of Applied Water (Cal-SIMETAW) model is a new tool developed by the California Department of Water Resources and...
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California’s Next Million Acre-Feet: Saving Water, Energy, and Money
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Pacific Institute | September 26, 2010...SummaryA new analysis from the Pacific Institute recommends specific actions that can annually save a million acre-feet of water quickly and at a...
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Climate-smart management of soil water storage: statewide analysis of California perennial crops
Climate-smart management of soil water storage: statewide analysis of California perennial crops
Environmental Research Letters | April 9, 2019...SummaryThe FAO-56 dual crop coefficient model was used to simulate site-specific irrigation management to quantify the green water resource (rainfall stored in soil)...
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Cover cropping and no-tillage improve soil health in an arid irrigated cropping system in California’s San Joaquin Valley, USA
Cover cropping and no-tillage improve soil health in an arid irrigated cropping system in California’s San Joaquin Valley, USA
Soil and Tillage Research, Elsevier | January 3, 2017...SummaryThe concept of soil health has attracted considerable attention during the past two decades, but few studies have focused on the effects on...
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Drip Irrigation
Drip Irrigation
Scientific American | November 1, 1977...SummarySome 40 years ago Symcha Blass, an Israeli engineer, observed that a large tree near a leaking faucet exhibited a more vigorous growth than the other trees...
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