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Crop water demand

How much water the crop uses and how much the soil holds: reference and crop evapotranspiration, available soil water and the water balance up to stress.

ET₀ by Hargreaves

Estimate the reference evapotranspiration (ET₀) for one day with the maximum and minimum temperatures and the latitude, using the Hargreaves-Samani method.

Reference evapotranspiration with temperature only

Crop ETc by phase

Calculate crop evapotranspiration (ETc) over the whole cycle, phase by phase, using ET₀ and the Kc coefficients.

Crop water demand by phase, with Kc

Available soil water

Calculate the water available in the soil between field capacity and wilting point, the readily available part and the depth to replace at the current moisture.

Available water between FC and WP and depth to replace

Water balance and interval

Estimate in how many days the soil's readily available water runs out, given crop demand and effective rain, and the depth of each irrigation.

Days to water stress and irrigation depth