The Use Of Saline Water For Irrigation: The SALTMED Project

24/06/01


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The Use Of Saline Water For Irrigation: The SALTMED Project

The SALTMED Project Team

General objectives of the SALTMED research project

The outputs of the SALTMED research project falls into three categories

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Field experimental sites

The Experimental design

SALTMED MODELLING ACTIVITY

Evapotranspiration Penman - Monteith, FAO-56 (1998)Version

Water uptake in presence of salts

Water Uptake

Water uptake in presence of salts

Water uptake in presence of salts

Crop Yield

Water and solute flow

Soil Hydraulic Parameters Van Genuchten Eqs.

Water and solute flow

Water and solute transport under Trickle/Furrow irrigation systems

Water and solute transport under Trickle/Furrow irrigation systems

Water and solute transport under Trickle/Furrow irrigation systems

Water and solute transport under Trickle/Furrow irrigation systems

Leaching Requirements

Examples of SALTMED Model Results

Model Parameters & Output Options

Evolution of soil moisture profile over time under trickle line source (Example 1)

Evolution of soil salinity profile over time under trickle line source (Example 1)

Evolution of relative salinity profile over time under trickle line source Example 1)

Vertical & horizontal distribution of moisture under trickle line source (Example 1)

Vertical & horizontal distribution of salinity under trickle line source (Example 1)

Evolution of crop parameters Kc, Kcb and root depth over time

Total crop evapotranspiration, transpiration and bare soil evaporation (Example 1).

Irrigation time, amount and cumulative irrigation amount ((Example 1)

The leaching requirement over time (Example 1)

Crop potential and actual water uptake and yield (Example 1).

The leaching requirements under trickle line source (0.4 dS.m-1 ) (Example 2)

Crop water uptake and yield under trickle line source ( 0.4 dS.m-1 ) (Example 2)

Salinity profile under basin irrigation (Example 3)

Soil moisture and salinity distribution under basin irrigation (Example 3).

Evolution of soil moisture over time under trickle line source (Example 4)

Soils input data file & soil moisture profiles for Example 4 (trickle line source)

What SALTMED can offer?

Not included so far:

What is new?

What is new?

What is new?

What is new?

What is new?

Author: Ragab Ragab, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK