Estimation of crop water requirements using remote sensing for operational water resources management

Lampros Vasiliades; Marios Spiliotopoulos; John Tzabiras; Athanasios Loukas; Nikitas Mylopoulos

doi:10.1117/12.2192520

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19 June 2015 Estimation of crop water requirements using remote sensing for operational water resources management

Lampros Vasiliades, Marios Spiliotopoulos, John Tzabiras, Athanasios Loukas, Nikitas Mylopoulos

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Proceedings Volume 9535, Third International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2015); 95351B (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2192520
Event: Third International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment, 2015, Paphos, Cyprus

Abstract

An integrated modeling system, developed in the framework of “Hydromentor” research project, is applied to evaluate crop water requirements for operational water resources management at Lake Karla watershed, Greece. The framework includes coupled components for operation of hydrotechnical projects (reservoir operation and irrigation works) and estimation of agricultural water demands at several spatial scales using remote sensing. The study area was sub-divided into irrigation zones based on land use maps derived from Landsat 5 TM images for the year 2007. Satellite-based energy balance for mapping evapotranspiration with internalized calibration (METRIC) was used to derive actual evapotranspiration (ET) and crop coefficient (ETrF) values from Landsat TM imagery. Agricultural water needs were estimated using the FAO method for each zone and each control node of the system for a number of water resources management strategies. Two operational strategies of hydro-technical project development (present situation without operation of the reservoir and future situation with the operation of the reservoir) are coupled with three water demand strategies. In total, eight (8) water management strategies are evaluated and compared. The results show that, under the existing operational water resources management strategies, the crop water requirements are quite large. However, the operation of the proposed hydro-technical projects in Lake Karla watershed coupled with water demand management measures, like improvement of existing water distribution systems, change of irrigation methods, and changes of crop cultivation could alleviate the problem and lead to sustainable and ecological use of water resources in the study area.

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Lampros Vasiliades, Marios Spiliotopoulos, John Tzabiras, Athanasios Loukas, and Nikitas Mylopoulos "Estimation of crop water requirements using remote sensing for operational water resources management", Proc. SPIE 9535, Third International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2015), 95351B (19 June 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2192520

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