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27/11/2012

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G. Podger

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Overview

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and rationale

Source models the use of water by a combination of supply point and water user nodes.  The water user node provides a range of demand models that can be configured to represent irrigation demand. Three different models of irrigation demand have been incorporated into Source to represent the different approaches used in Australia. These three approaches include:

1)      Regression models, used by the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA)

2)      PRIDE Demand model - SRG, used in Victoria

3)      IQQM Crop Model 2SRG, used in NSW and QLD.

In addition, Melbourne University as part of the eWater CRC, undertook a number of years of research looking at how to improve demand modelling. A prototype irrigation demand model (NGenIrr) was developed as part of this research. The Irrigator demand model was developed by combining the best functionality from the existing models into a common demand model. A key focus was on keeping the model as simple and parsimonious as possible, while not compromising the key functional requirements.

Irrigator operates on a daily basis generating demands and extracting water to meet these demands via the water user and supply nodes. The crop water balance for each crop is represented using the method outlined in FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, Crop Evapotranspiration – Guidelines for computing crop water requirements (Allen et al, 1998). The model can be applied in both regulated and unregulated systems. Irrigator includes a number of enhancements that have been previous identified by a range of studies into the existing irrigation demand modelling approaches (Ribbons and Podger, Ranchum and Sheedy, Zaman et al, ). Irrigator allows crop based planting decisions which better aligns with economic modelling.

Scale

Irrigator is conceptualised to represent an irrigation district scale rather than an individual irrigator. It only operates on a daily time-step.

Principal developer

This model was developed by eWater Ltd. with technical contributons contributions from Matt Bethune and Geoff Podger and software development by Chris Wilson.

Scientific

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provenance

The Irrigator demand model is based on the existing demand models, including the NOW IQQM Crop Model 2, Victorian Pride Model and the FAO crop water use guidelines (FAO-56FAO56). The strengths from each of these demand models have been extracted and included into the Irrigator demand model. In addition, new functional requirements identified by NSW NOW reviews and Victorian studies have been included.

Version

Source V3.2.6

Dependencies

Irrigator is applied through a water user node, which must be connected to at least one supply point node to provide water to satisfy the irrigation demand.

Availability/conditions

Automatically included with Source. 

Structure

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and processes

Background

Irrigator is designed to represent the regulated and opportunistic irrigation requirements of a district.  The irrigation requirements are used by the Water User to generate and place orders and opportunistic requests and to subsequently  extract water from a water source (supply point or water user storage). The Water User will limit orders and extractions  subject to water availability and extraction constraints.

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Figure 1 — Schematic of Irrigator Demand Model

Processing Logic

There are three key processing steps in the Irrigator model.1)   

1. Forecasting requirements – During the Ordering Phase

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1. Current demand – Prior to Flow Phase

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1. Supplying ordered water and managing return flows– During Flow Phase

These three steps are summarised below. Further details on the calculations follow. 

Forecasting requirements

1. The Water User informs the Irrigator of how much water is available and requests from the Irrigator a list of both regulated and opportunistic requirements between now and the maximum travel time. Note maximum travel time is determined as the maximum time to meet order and requests from all of the supply points.
2. The Irrigator model evaluates for each time-step between now and the maximum travel time;
   1. Changes in crop area in response to planting decision triggers and available water.
   2. Projected soil depletion for each active crop, using forecasts of potential evapotranspiration and rainfall. This is described below in the section on forecasting depletion.
   3. Calculates both the regulated and opportunistic requirement for each crop based on the volume of water required to keep the soil at respective minimum target depletions or pond levels, including consideration of crop irrigation efficiencies.
   4. Calculates total regulated and opportunistic requirements for the district, by summing individual requirements and factors for escapes.
3. The Irrigator Model returns a list of regulated and opportunistic requirements between now and the maximum travel time to the Water User.

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1. The Water User requests from Irrigator how much water is required today. This is used to determine today’s required extractions. This could be less than predicted demand due to rainfall or cooler conditions, but cannot exceed the predicted demand.
2.  The Irrigator model
   1. Calculates the actual soil depletion today for each active crop, using today’s actual potential evapotranspiration and rainfall.
   2. Calculates today’s actual regulated requirement and opportunistic requirement.
3. Irrigator model updates the requirements list for the current time-step and informs the Water User.

Figure 3. During Flow Phase- Ordered Water Supplied

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During flow phase – Ordered Water Supplied

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Figure 4. Returned Water to Water User

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Forecasting Requirements

Soil water balance

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The soil water balance for each crop is modelled using a single layer moisture store (Equation  1), as outlined in FAO 56 FAO56 – Chapter 8. Equation 85 from FAO56 represents the water balance of the rootzone.

Equation 

Equation 1

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where:

D_r,i root zone depletion at the end of day i [m],

D_{r, i-1} water content in the root zone at the end of the previous day, i-1 [m],

P_i effective precipitation on day i [m],

I_i irrigation depth on day i [m],

RO_i runoff from the soil surface on day i, including rainfall and irrigation [m],

CR_i capillary rise from the groundwater table on day i [m],

ET_c-adj crop evapotranspiration on day i [m],

DPi DP_i water loss out of the root zone by deep percolation on day i [m].

Soil water depletion

The amount of water in the rootzone is defined in terms of rootzone depletion. Rootzone depletion describes the soil water deficit of the rootzone, relative to field capacity. A rootzone depletion of 0 would mean the soil is at field capacity. Positive depletions correspond to soils drier than field capacity. Negative depletions correspond with soils wetter than field capacity and can be used to represent pond depths for ponded crops.

The user specifies the soil moisture capacity at the district level and this is assumed constant for all crops in the district (Equation  2). The soil moisture capacity is given by the difference in soil moisture content between field capacity and parmenent permanent wilting point. The total available water (TAW) for each crop is a product of the depth of the rootzone (when fully grown) and q Cap (Equation  Equation 3). The depth of the rootzone is specified for each crop. The depth of rootzone is also specified for fallow. While the fallow has no rootzone, this is treated as the depth of soil from which evaporation can occur.

Equation 

Equation 2

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Equation 

Equation 3

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where:

TAW the total available soil water in the root zone [m],

_FC the water content at field capacity [m3 m³ m^-3],

 _WP the water content at wilting point [m3 m³ m^-3],

 _Cap  the soil moisture capacity [m3 m³ m^-3],

Z_r the rooting depth [m].

Crop water use occurs at potential rates until soil depletion equals the readily available water (RAW) (Figure 2). RAW is defined as in FAO56 (Equation  4) .The water stress coefficient (K_s) defines crop water use response relative to soil water depletion (Equation  5). K_s decreases linearly from 1 when soil depletion exceeds RAW to 0 at soil depletions levels greater than TAW.  (Figure 2). When Ks equals 0 K_s falls to 0.05, the crop is assumed to die. When the crop dies, the area is returned to fallow and no more irrigation requirements are generated for this crop. The crop can only be re-established if triggered by a new planting decision.

Readily available water is defined by:

Equation 

Equation 4

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p is the average fraction of Total Available Soil Water (TAW) that can be depleted from the rootzone before moisture stress (reduction in ET) occurs [0-1].

For Dr D_r > RAW, Ks K_s is given by:

 

Equation 

Equation 5

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Where Ks where:

K_s is a dimensionless transpiration reduction factor dependent on available soil water [0 - 1],

D_r root zone depletion [m],

TAW total available soil water in the root zone [m],

p fraction of TAW that a crop can extract from the root zone without suffering water stress [-].

Figure 5. Relationship between water stress coefficient and soil water depletion.

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Crop Evapotranspiration

Crop evapotranspiration is calculated using the single crop coefficient approach described in FAO-56 FAO56 (Equation  6). Crop coefficients at various growth stages can be modelled in Source as described in the Irrigation Demand Model Crop Factors SRG entry. Alternatively, Source also offers sufficient flexibility to apply daily crop factors if they are known for a particular crop based on a different source or method.

The effects of soil water stress on crop ET are calculated by multiplying the crop coefficient by the water stress coefficient (K_s). The  The K_s value is evaluated based on soil water depletion at the start of the time-step.

Equation 

Equation 6

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 where:

K_c = Single crop coefficient on growth day i j of the crop

K_s = water stress coefficient  describes the effect of water stress on crop transpiration

ET_o = reference crop evapotranspiration

ET_{c adj} = Crop evapotranspiration after adjustment for water stress.

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Effective rain considers that a proportion of rainfall will be interception intercepted or lost and not infiltrate. FAO-56 FAO56 proposes an interception loss of 0.2 * ETo ET_o. This interception loss is included into Irrigation to define effective rain as described in (Equation  7).

Equation 

Equation 7

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Rainfall Runoff

Rainfall runoff occurs when rainfall results in soil moisture exceeding saturation or a maximum target pond level for ponded crops. 

Equation 

Equation 8

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 where:

Where

RainfallRunoff = the amount of rainfall runoff depth for cropping area (m)

Target_op = the opportunistic target depletion level for a cropping area (m)

Dr_t-1 = soil water depletion at the beginning of the time-step (m)

 the P_e = the amount of effective rainfall (m)

DeepPercolation –  = amount of deep percolation (m)

Runoff occurs from both cropped and fallow areas. In addition, runoff occurs from an Undeveloped Area if configured. 

Deep Percolation, Irrigation runoff, district losses and escapes

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Figure 6. Escape loss and return flows.

Escapes apply at both the district and crop level (Figure 6). At a district level they could represent processes such as channel seepage, channel escapes and meter errors. The user can add as many escapes as required at the district level. For each irrigation district, there is one default escape factor for the net return flow to the water user. This is used to scale the total return flow from the irrigator demand model. The escape volume from this is considered a ‘loss’ and the user is not able to define a proportion of this escape factor that is returned.

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The processing of escapes at both a district and crop level is the same. For each escape, the escape volume is firstly calculated (Equation  9), the escape volume is removed from the volume of water supplied (Equation  Equation 10) and then the return volume is evaluated (Equation  Equation 11). Where there are multiple escapes, the escape factors are effectively multiplicative.

Equation 

Equation 9

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Equation 

Equation 10

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Equation 

Equation 11

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The volume supplied is reduced by the escape volumeNotes

Where

EscapeVolume_n = the escape volume through escape mechanism ‘n’

Escape_n = the fraction of the supply volume that contributes to the escape volume.

ReturnVolume_n = the volume of water from the escaped volume that is harvested and able to be returned to water user.

Return_n = the fraction of the escape volume than can be harvested and returned to the water user.

VolumeSupplied = volume of water supplied to district or crop.

Forecasting Irrigation

The objective of irrigation watering is to maintain the soil moisture at a target depletion. A demand for irrigation is generated when the forecast soil depletion is greater than the regulated target depletion. An opportunistic requirement is generated when the forecast soil depletion is greater than the opportunistic target level. Previously ordered water is considered when forecasting soil depletion.

Target levels

The target depletion is a user specified input and can be specified as either a pattern or as an expressiona function. The targets are defined in terms of soil water depletion. They are positive numbers for non ponded crops where the soil is typically in deficit. For ponded crops, the soil water depletion is negative. Thus targets for ponded crops are entered as negatives.

Two Three target depletions can be specified1)    A

1. Regulated Target. This is the target at which Irrigators water and attempts to maintain soil depletion

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1. An Opportunistic Target. This target is used to generate opportunistic requests. For ponded crops, it also represents the maximum pond level prior to runoff. By default the opportunistic target is disabled and no opportunistic requirement is generated.

The behaviour of the target levels is illustrated in the following two Figures for a ponded and non ponded crop.

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1. A Refill Trigger - May allow better representation of irrigation scheduling for individual properties as irrigation does not commence until the forecasted soil depletion reaches the specified refill trigger 

If you have an order debit system you can use an opportunistic target to generate requests which will extract water opportunistically, decreasing the depletion and thereby reducing the regulated water required to meet the regulated target depletion which is higher than the opportunistic target depletion. For ponded crops, opportunistic targets also reduce the amount of rainwater rejection because runoff will occur above the regulated target pond level.

The behaviour of the first two target levels is illustrated in the following two Figures for a ponded and non ponded crop.

Figure 7 is a regulated –non ponded crop. On day 5, when the crop is planted, a Regulated Target of 25 mm is established. Water is ordered to bring the crop soil water depletion up to this target level. From this day on, water is ordered to maintain soil depletion at the regulated target level. On day 10 there is a large rainfall event. This results in runoff and the soil water depletions falls to less than the regulated target. No further water is ordered until the soil dries out to the regulated target level.

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Figure 8. Ponded crop pond level maintenance

Figure 5. Ponded crop pond level maintenance

Forecasting If the Refill Trigger is activated, and a soil depletion value greater than the Regulated Target defined, orders will not occur until the forecasted soil depletion reaches the specified trigger. Orders are then placed at the current timestep, and if necessary at subsequent timesteps, until the forecasted soil moisture depletion is less than or equal to the Regulated Target. This allows for the possibility that restrictions such as pump capacity mean that it is not possible to meet the target in one timestep. 

Forecasting soil depletion

The Irrigator model calculates a list of regulated and opportunistic irrigation requirements between now and the maximum travel time. This requires that soil depletion, as defined by the soil water balance  balance (Equation  Equation 1), is forecasted from the current time-step to the maximum travel time.  This requires forecasts of evapotranspiration, rainfall, deep percolation, runoff and water that has been previously orderedwill be ordered. If an opportunistic target is not configured, the forecast soil depletion is supplemented by the forecast water ordered to meet the regulated target. If an opportunistic target is configured, the crop assumed it is going to receive the opportunistic volume ordered, so the forecast soil depletion is supplemented by the forecast water ordered to meet the opportunistic target - noting this is still capped by water available.

Forecast values of P and ETo ET_o are required to estimate soil depletion into the future. Two There are two options available for forecasting P  and ET_o and rainfall. The user can specify an average daily pattern, which represents long term average ETo and rainfall on P and ET_o on each day of the year. Alternatively, you can specify the number of previous time-steps, and the model calculates the forecast P and ET_o and rainfall by  by averaging the previous specified number time-steps.Irrigation

Regulated and opportunistic requirements

The irrigation regulated requirement is defined as the amount of water required to maintain soil depletion at a target level. The opportunistic requirement is defined as the amount of water that could be utilised if it is available. Both irrigation regulated and opportunist requirements can be limited to within an irrigation season. If user has specified irrigation season, orders and requests are only generated within the season.

The irrigation regulated and opportunistic requirement are calculated between now and the maximum travel for each crop as:

Equation 

Equation 12

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Equation 

Equation 13

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where:

R_crop is crop regulated requirement (m³)

O_crop is opportunistic requirement for crop (m³)

TargetDepletion_{Regulated  Regulated}  is target soil water depletion that irrigation with regulated water aims to maintain (m)

TargetDepletion_{Opportunistic} is target soil water depletion that irrigation with opportunistic water aims to maintain. (m)

E_Runoff  is efficiency factor defining the fraction of applied irrigation water that is lost as runoff

E_{DeepPercolation} is efficiency factor defining the fraction of applied irrigation water that is lost as deep percolation.

CropArea  is current crop area (m²)

At district level, the regulated and opportunistic requirements are summed and then scaled for any district escape factors.

Equation 

Equation 14

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Equation 

Equation 15

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where:

t  is t is model time-step (day)

R_Total(t) is total regulated requirement at time-step t

O_Total(t) is total opportunistic requirement at time-step t

Escape_n is escape factor n, defining the amount of supplied water that becomes an escape.

ne is number of district escapes factors

ncrop is number of crops in district 

Representation of Planting Decisions

Planting Decision Trigger

This function defines the planted area for a specific crop on the specified date, taking into consideration available resources. If the user defines the planted area using the expression function editor, then other factors such as economics can be considered.

For each crop, the user configures a planting decision trigger. The planting decision trigger includes a decision type, plant date, optional harvest date, planted area definition and an under irrigation underirrigation factor.

The decision type defines the method for calculating the planted area for a crop.  The planted area can be specified using 1 one of 3 three methods:1)   

1. A lookup table between available water and planted area. The available water is specified by the Water User. The planted area is reassessed each time the planting decision is triggered (annually)

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1. Fixed Area – using a Data Source representing a time series of areas. The planted area is a reassessed each time the planting decision is triggered (annually)

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1. Fixed Area – Defined using the

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1. function editor. The planted area is a reassessed each time the planting decision is triggered (annually). This option allows the planted area to be exposed to an economic model or other drivers.

This would allow the irrigated area of a crop to increase within a season. Every planting decision configured for a crop is modelled as a new crop in Irrigator.

Planting Date

The Plant Date defines when the crop is established.Under Irrigation

Underirrigation Factor

The under irrigation underirrigation factor is used to adjust change the target soil depletion to achieve a reduction in water use compared to potential. This option may The factor refers to the percentage of the tension water (RAW - TAW) when it is larger than zero.  The underirrigation is only assessed on planting decision day and remains the same throughout the planting period. This option may be used where you are trying to keep a crop alive and not maximise production iie. e stressing the crop and getting a reduced yield..

Equation 

Equation 16

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where:

U_Factor is user specified

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underirrigation factor

TargetDepletion_Regulated is target soil water depletion (mm)

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Planting Decision Reassessment Trigger

The planting decision reassessment trigger allows the user to reassess the planted area of a crop. The user can configure as many reassessment triggers per crop as desired. Each reassessment trigger includes a decision type, reassessment date, an under irrigation underirrigation factor and an area relationship.

When triggered, the reassessment trigger will re-evaluate the planted area using 1 one of 3 three methods.1)   

1. A lookup table between available water and planted area. The available water is specified by the water user for the current time-step

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1. Fixed Area – using a Data Source of representing a time series of areas

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If the calculated planted area has reduced, then the crop area will be reduce to the new calculate value. The difference in planted area is returned to fallow. The planted area cannot increase through a reassessment trigger. If the under irrigation underirrigation factor is specified, then a new target depletion is evaluated for the remainder of the crop period.

Planting window

The planting window allows the planted area, as defined by the planting decision trigger, to be established over a period of time, rather than the whole crop area being established on the plant date. The user specifies the planting window, which corresponds to the number of days the crop is planted over. The area planted each day is defined by:

Equation 17

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The soil water depletion of the area planted today is initialised from the fallow soil water depletion

Limits to Area Planted

The total area planted within a water year is not limited other than through the planted area definitions.  The user is required to configure sensible planting decisions. A warning is recorded during runtime if the planted area exceeds the maximum irrigated area of the district.

Initialising depletion of new crops

When a new crop is established, the soil depletion must be initialised. The soil depletion from the fallow crop is used to initialise the soil depletion of the new crop. How the crop rootzone depletion is initialised will depend on the relative depth of the crop rootzone to that of the fallow.

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This allows the initial soil depletion of the new crop to be defined by

Equation 

Equation 18

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Wherewhere:

D_NewCrop is soil water depletion of new crop (m)

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_NewCrop  is depth of rootzone of new crop (m)

D_fallow is soil water depletion of the fallow (m)

Z_fallow is depth of the fallow (m)

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Target Modifiers

Irrigation modifiers

Irrigator behaviour can change during the year. For example, in grazing industries, less water may be applied coming into winter to reduce the risk of water logging. Another example is the horticultural industry when a fruit crop has been harvested, irrigation intensity can be reduced to a maintenance level without impact on yield.

Irrigation Target modifiers are included into Source to allow a simple mechanism to reduce irrigation intensity for recurring periods of time. Basically, this allows a simple way of modifying the target level. This is achieved by the user defining a reduction in irrigation application over a date range. The % reduction in irrigation is used to modified modify the target depletion level during the selected date range.

Crop Yield

The simple, linear crop water production function provided in FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 33 is used to predict the reduction in crop yield resulting from water stress. This is a very simplistic approach.

Equation 

Equation 19

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 where:

Where

Y_r is relative yield.

Y_a is actual yield (kg/m2m²)

Y_m is maximum crop yield. (kg/m2m²)

Ky K_y a yield response factor [-]

AET_cadj is actual crop evapotranspiration for the crop, accumulated between the planting date and now [m]

AETc AET_c crop evapotranspiration for standard conditions (no water stress), accumulated between the planting date and now [m]

Ky K_y is a factor that describes the reduction in relative yield resulting from water stress

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If the crop dies dues to water stress, then crop yield is set to equal 0. Irrigator records the relative yield as a daily time series, given by the YaY_a/YmY_m.

Current Demand

• The soil water balance (Equation  Equation 1) is updated using the actual rainfall and potential evapotranspiration for the current time-step.
• Deep percolation of rainfall (Equation  Equation 9) is calculated and then rainfall runoff resulting from saturation excess (Equation  Equation 8).
• Today’s actual regulated requirement (Equation  Equation 12) and opportunistic requirement (Equation  Equation 13) is updated for each crop to reflect the impact of today's actual rainfall and evapotranspiration.
• Irrigator model updates the actual requirements list for the current time-step and informs the Water User (Equation  Equation 14) and (Equation  Equation 15).

Irrigation Application and management of return flows

The water balance is updated for water supplied as irrigation and to calculate escapes and return flows. Key steps are:

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• Equation 9)

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• Equation 11) associated with each of the configured district escapes, note by default this is 0. Note that each escape is calculated based on residual volume supplied (Equation 10)

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• Calculate the total district escape and district return volume from escapes

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Equation 20

Equation  20

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Equation 

Equation 21

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where:

DistrictEscape_n is district escape volume associated with district escape n.

DisrictEscape_Total is total district escape

DistrictReturn_n is return volume from district escape n

DistrictReturn_Total is total return volume

ne is total number of district escapes 

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• The volume of water applied is then distributed between regulated requirements and opportunistic requirements.

Equation 

Equation 22

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Equation 23

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where:

R_Total(t) = total regulated requirement at time-step t

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• The volume applied to each crop is in proportion to the regulated and opportunistic irrigation requirements.

Equation 

Equation 24

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• Soil depletion is updated for the applied irrigation water (

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• Equation 1)

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• Escape volume (

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• Equation 9)

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• and return volume (

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• Equation 11) for each crop resulting from irrigation deep percolation and runoff are evaluated.

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• The deep percolation from irrigation and rainfall are totaled for each crop.

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• The runoff from irrigation and rainfall are totaled for each crop. The total returned crop runoff is calculated.

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• The crop return flow is added to district return flow.

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• The final return efficiency is applied to the return flow to provide a final flux of water that is returned to the water user (

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• Equation 11).

Crop productivity

The crop productivity is evaluated for each crop on the harvest date.

Crop Production = CropArea

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Crop production is only calculated if the user specifies a harvest date for the crop which is within the crop growing season.

On all other days that the harvest day, crop production is 0.

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Productivity: The maximum amount of production achieved per hectare of the crop. No units for production are specified. This allows user to enter any production factor and the output units will be consistent with the input unit. eg.

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kg/ha, $/ha, widgets/ha, dry sheep

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equivalents per hectare.

CropProduction is the production harvested by the crop on the harvest day. Its units are defined by the units of the ProductionFactor

CropArea is the area of the crop on the harvest date.

Crop production is only calculated if the user specifies a harvest date for the crop which is within the crop growing season.

On all other days that the harvest day, crop production is 0.

Expected water use

An estimate is made each time-step of the amount of irrigation water that will be required by the crop for the rest of the crops growing season. The concept is that this estimate of required water use can be compared to the irrigators account balance, and a decision could be made on whether to trade water (using an allocation transfer within the resource assessment system). Note: this is a prototype and has not been tested.

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The remaining usage is defined by number of days left in growing season and the average requirement.

RemainingUsageCrop = ExpectedUsage

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• CropArea • RemainingGrowingDays       

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RemainingUsage_Crop= Expected water use by the crop for the rest of irrigation season

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ExpectedUsage = User specified annual irrigation requirement for a crop. Expressed in mm

CropArea = Area of the crop

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RemainingGrowingDays= number of growing days left in the irrigation season for this crop.

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complete crops in the current irrigation season

The total requirements for each active crop is calculated. This can be compared to the available water to the water user. If the water user has more available water than commitment, they could consider trade. Alternatively, if they had less water that there commitment, they may consider buying water. The irrigator model does not calculate water trade. Rather it produces an output that could be used in the resource assessment level to drive trade.

The planned usage is implemented in a very simplistic manner, by assuming that the irrigation requirement for the crop is distributed evenly over the crop growing season. An average daily irrigation requirement is calculated from the user specified crop water requirement.

Assumptions and constraints

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Table 1. Assumptions and constraints applying to storage flow routing methods

Table 1 — Assumptions and constraints applying to storage flow routing methods

Parameters/Settings

Data

Refer to the Source User Guide for detailed data requirements and formats.

Input data

The information that users need to provide is summarised in the tables below.data requirements and formats.

Input data

The information required is:

• Daily time series of rainfall
• Daily time series of reference crop evapotranspiration
• Crop factors
• Crop area

Parameters and Settings

District Configuration

Climate Configuration

District Supply Escape

District Return Efficiency

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General Crop Configuration

Crop Soil Configuration

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Crop Planting Decision

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Soil Depletion

Crop Runoff

Crop Deep Percolation

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Target Modifier

Crop Economics - Note: Still Crop Economics functionality is still in prototype stage

References

DIPNR (2004), IQQM Reference manual, Version 1.2, NSW Department of Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources, NSW.

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Ramchurn, A. Sheedy, T (xxxx) Model representation of irrigator response to allocation levels in the Torrumbarry Irrigation Area.

Zaman, A.M. Etchells, T.M., Malano, H.M., Davidson, B. (). Towards the Next Generation of Rural Water Demand Modelling.

Ramchurn, A., Sheedy, T. () Model representation of irrigator response to allocation levels in the Torrumbarry Irrigation Area. 

Source User Guide