基于遥感和Penman-Monteith模型的内陆河流域不同生态系统蒸散发估算

遥感数据具有很好的时空连续性,它是区域蒸散发通量估算的有效方法。引入了一个简单的具有生物物理基础的Penman-Monteith(P-M)模型,分别利用黑河流域高寒草地阿柔站和干旱区农田盈科站2008—2009年的气象数据和MODIS(Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer)叶面积指数(LAI),实现了2008—2009年日蒸散发的估算,并同时实现了对植被蒸腾和土壤蒸发的分别估算。结果表明,利用P-M公式模拟的蒸散发与实测的蒸散发具有较好的一致性,日蒸散发模拟的决定系数(R2)超过0.8。估算的高寒草甸和干旱区农田玉米全年平均的蒸腾分别为0.78 mm/d和1.20 mm/d,分别占总蒸散发的60%和61%,土壤蒸发分别为0.53和0.77 mm/d,占总蒸发的40%和39%。可见两种生态系统的作物蒸腾均强于土壤蒸发,同时农田玉米蒸腾强于高寒草甸蒸腾。研究结果证明了基于遥感的P-M公式可以很好地实现对高寒草地和干旱区农田生态系统蒸散发的估算。通过考虑土壤水分变化对气孔导度的影响,可以提高模型对农田蒸散发的模拟精度。     

作物农田蒸散计算模型的研究

农田蒸散是指田间条件下,作物棵间蒸发和蒸腾之和,它涉及土壤作物大气系统,受气象、作物和土壤等多种因素的制约。本文从田间试验出发,综合考虑影响农田蒸散的各种因素,建立了不同作物（棉花、玉米和冬小麦）农田蒸散的计算模型,为今后农业生产中的合理灌溉、节...     

干旱区绿洲膜下滴灌棉田蒸散过程

水资源是干旱区农业发展最关键的限制因素。近年来,随着节水灌溉技术的发展,对缓解水资源供需矛盾、扩大灌溉面积起到了重要作用。理解非充分灌溉条件下的农田蒸散发过程,对于揭示农田水分循环和指导节水实践均具有重要的科学意义。本研究基于乌兰乌苏农业气象站2012年的涡度相关数据,分析了膜下滴灌棉田不同生育阶段的蒸散过程,通过FAO-56 Penman-Monteith方程估算参考作物蒸散量,在此基础上确定了干旱区绿洲膜下滴灌棉田的作物系数。结果表明:膜下滴灌棉田阶段蒸散耗水量和日蒸散强度在花铃期最大,阶段蒸散耗水量为248.51 mm,平均日蒸散强度为3.94 mm·d-1;蕾期次之,阶段蒸散耗水量为98.34 mm,平均日蒸散强度为3.78 mm·d-1;播种-出苗期最小,阶段蒸散耗水量为10.70 mm,平均日蒸散强度为1.07 mm·d-1;全生育期蒸散量为487.14 mm,平均作物系数为0.42;通过棉花不同生育阶段蒸散量和作物系数的确定,为棉花生育阶段不同灌溉时期和灌溉量的确定以及田间水分管理提供科学依据。     

基于树干液流及涡动相关技术的葡萄冠层蒸腾及蒸散发特征研究

针对西北干旱区绿洲经济作物葡萄树冠层蒸腾及蒸散发特征的相关问题,在甘肃省敦煌市南湖绿洲开展无核白葡萄树液流速率及蒸散发观测试验,采用基于热平衡原理的包裹式茎流计,详细分析了典型生长季7—9月份葡萄树蒸腾耗水规律,使用"单位叶面积上的平均液流速率SF×叶面积指数LAI"的方法,实现了从单株到林分冠层蒸腾的尺度扩展,并通过与涡动相关技术所测蒸散发数据对比,详细研究了葡萄地冠层蒸腾及蒸散发规律。结果表明:典型生长季中葡萄树液流速率日变化为单峰型曲线,日均耗水量从2.76 kg到10 kg不等,胸径越大的葡萄树日均耗水量越大;冠层蒸腾及蒸散发日变化曲线亦为单峰型,白天8:00—12:00与17:00—20:00期间,葡萄冠层蒸腾与蒸散发曲线均比较吻合,该时间段葡萄地蒸散发绝大部分来源于葡萄冠层蒸腾,而12:00—17:00之间由于午后太阳辐射强烈土壤蒸发量增加,葡萄蒸散发大于冠层蒸腾;典型生长季3个月中,葡萄冠层蒸腾量的变化范围在1.88—8.12 mm/d之间,日均冠层蒸腾量为6.12 mm/d,蒸散发在1.74 mm/d至10.78 mm/d之间,日均蒸散发量为7.13 mm/d;日均土壤蒸发量约为1.01 mm/d,只占总蒸散发量的14.2%,日均冠层蒸腾占日均蒸散发的比重达到85.8%,说明该生长阶段冠层蒸散发以作物蒸腾为主。     

基于Shuttleworth-Wallace模型的科尔沁沙地流动半流动沙丘蒸散发模拟

陆面蒸散发在气候调节和维持区域水量平衡中起关键作用.量化蒸散发及其各组分项,对深刻揭示干旱半干旱地区的生态水文过程具有重要意义.本研究基于科尔沁沙地流动半流动沙丘2017年生长季气象监测系统的原位监测数据,利用Shuttleworth-Wallace(S-W)模型对沙丘蒸散发进行模拟,在此基础上,对蒸散各组分进行拆分,并利用涡度相关对模拟蒸散发值进行验证.结果表明: 整个生长季模型模拟蒸散发值为308 mm,涡度相关实测值为296 mm,偏差较小,证明S-W模型适用于该地区的蒸散发模拟.蒸散发整体呈生长旺盛期>生长后期>生长初期,分别为192、71和45 mm,分别占总量的62.3%、23.1%和14.6%.日尺度上模型模拟值与实测蒸散发值一致性较高,模型模拟精度大体表现为: 晴天>阴天>雨天,且阴雨天模型模拟值较涡度相关实测值偏低.经拆分,土壤蒸发和植被蒸腾分别为176和132 mm,分别占总量的57.1%和42.9%,表明沙地水分利用效率较低.持续干旱和降水后,蒸散发规律明显不同,且土壤蒸发对降水的敏感性强于植被蒸腾.     

华北平原冬小麦农田蒸散量

以华北平原冬小麦农田为研究对象,采用涡度相关技术和热红外遥感技术,研究了不同环境条件下土壤含水量与农田蒸散量及作物冠层温度的关系.结果表明,冬小麦在农田郁闭(LAI≥3)、晴天和土壤相对含水量低于田间持水量65%的情况下,蒸发比值日变化正午前后出现相对较低且平稳的变化趋势.在晴天情况下,农田潜热通量与作物冠层温度日变化和季节变化均呈极显著的非线性相关关系,而冠气温差、农田相对蒸散量则与0～100 cm土层的土壤相对含水量密切相关.以13:30～14:00的平均冠层温度值T_c、日最高气温T_{a max}和日净辐射总量Rn_d为统计数据,确立了冬小麦农田日蒸散量ET_d （mm）估算简化模式参数.     

荒漠草原不同植物群落蒸散组分特征及其环境因子影响分析

蒸散发是生态水文过程的关键环节,掌握蒸散组分的变化特征及其影响因子,对干旱半干旱地区的可持续发展至关重要。以荒漠草原多年生植物针茅群落和一年生植物猪毛蒿群落为研究对象,利用小型蒸渗仪开展了连续3年监测,分析了蒸散组分的日、月和年变化规律,探讨了影响蒸散组分的主要环境因子。结果表明：晴天时,多年生和一年生植物群落蒸散组分呈先增加后减小的抛物线型,夜间蒸散活动较弱,累积蒸散量较低,不足全天总累积蒸散量的20%;阴天时各蒸散组分无明显峰值,且日累积量均较小,一年生和多年生植物群落的蒸散量、蒸发量和蒸腾量无显著差异;10.64 mm/d及以上降雨对蒸散和蒸发的日变化具有明显影响,随着降雨量的增多,蒸散量和蒸发量也呈增大趋势,但蒸腾量则相对较小。从月动态来看,7—9月占全年蒸散量和蒸发量的一半左右,冬春季蒸散量和蒸发量维持在全年最低水平。年蒸散量与年降雨量接近,而蒸腾量占蒸散量的比例低于10%。总体来看,多年生植物群落蒸散量较一年生植物群落多。采用Mantel检验方法分析不同时间尺度影响蒸散组分的主要气候因素,在小时尺度上太阳辐射与蒸发量和蒸腾量显著性水平较高(P<0.01),但相关性较低...     

河南省冬小麦农田蒸散和作物系数

农田蒸散是农田水分消耗的主要方式,是农田管理和规划必须考虑的重要因素之一。本试验在郑州农业气象试验站开展,用Penman-Monteith公式计算了2017和2018年两年冬小麦越冬期-成熟期的参考作物蒸散量,利用大型称重式蒸渗仪观测了充分灌水(T2)和自然降水(T1)两种状况下冬小麦农田的实际蒸散量,进而计算充分灌溉下冬小麦的作物系数和自然降水条件下的冬小麦实际作物系数,并分析它们的变化规律及其与气象要素的相关关系。结果表明:不同水分条件下冬小麦农田蒸散量均呈现先升高后降低的单峰变化趋势,其中T2处理的蒸散量和波动幅度明显高于T1处理;冬小麦试验观测时期内,T2、T1处理两年总蒸散量均值分别为535.8和256.4 mm,日均蒸散量分别为3.7和1.7 mm;不同发育期日均蒸散量均是孕穗、抽穗期最高,越冬期最低;冬小麦作物系数明显高于自然降水条件下的实际作物系数,总体上均呈现降低-升高-降低的变化趋势; T1处理实际作物系数与空气湿度相关性最好,与平均气温相关性最差; T2处理作物系数与平均气温、总辐射和风速均有较好相关性,而与空气湿度相关性较差。     

奈曼地区灌溉麦田蒸散量及作物系数的确定

利用大型蒸渗仪测定了奈曼地区春小麦(Triticum aestivum L.)全生育期的蒸散量,并引用FAO Penman-Monteith等5种方法计算了相应时期的参考作物蒸散量,比较了FAO Penman-Monteith公式与其它4种方法间的关系,最后运用作物蒸散量和参考作物蒸散量计算了春小麦的作物系数．结果表明,春小麦苗期每周日平均蒸散量小于3mm·d^-1,随着叶面积系数增大,日平均蒸散量达到最大值6．49mm·d^-1(抽穗开花期),最终下降至1．94mm·d^-1(灌浆成熟期);根据试验年份的降雨分布情况,该地区的自然降水不能满足春小麦对水分需求,小麦苗期、拔节期和抽穗开花期水分亏缺比较严重,是田间水分管理的关键时期;与FAO Penman-Monteith公式的计算结果相比较,用Penman公式和FAO-24 Blaney-Criddle公式估算奈曼地区参考作物蒸散量误差较小;奈曼地区春小麦苗期、营养期、生殖期、成熟期4个生长阶段的作物系数分别为0．45、0．90、1．1l和0．52,其中成熟期的作物系数值与FAO-24给出的小麦作物系数值差异较大．     

生态模型在农田蒸散及土壤水分模拟中的适用性评价

为评价生态模型在农田蒸散及土壤水分运动模拟中的适用性,利用2013—2015年南京农业气象测站观测数据,评估了BEPS(Boreal Ecosystem Productivity Simulator)模拟冬小麦农田生态系统逐日蒸散及与土壤水分动态的可靠性,并进一步开展了植被冠层蒸腾和农田土壤蒸发分离。模拟结果表明:BEPS适用于研究冬小麦农田蒸散量及土壤水分运动规律;由于考虑了叶片聚集指数和冬小麦根系垂直分布递减系数随生育期变动的参数化改进,BEPS分别可以解释2013—2014年和2014—2015年两个生长季农田生态系统蒸渗仪实测蒸散量变化的83%和74%,参数化改进前后模型效率ME相当(前:0.8,后0.74),标准差RMSE(前:1.50,后1.05),平均偏差MBE(前:0.5,后0.35),误差减小;两个生长季中,土壤蒸发占冠层上方总蒸散的比例随生育进程而变化,全生育期发散比平均值分别为34%和29%;BEPS模拟的0~40 cm土层深度土壤水分随时间变化趋势与实测值基本一致,可以解释78%以上的土壤水分实测值变化,并能快速地响应降水变化。本研究表明,生态模型可以用于模拟冬小麦农田蒸散和土壤水分变化,并有助于厘定农田冠层中难以区分的植被蒸腾和土壤蒸发的比例关系,可为进一步开展气候变化背景下的区域蒸散发评估及与之相联系的农田节水管理奠定基础。     

Crop row spacing and its influence on the partitioning of evapotranspiration by winter-grown wheat in Northern Syria

A study was conducted during the 1996–97 crop growth season at ICARDA in northern Syria, to investigate the influence of wheat canopy architecture on the partitioning of moisture between soil evaporation and crop transpiration, on a soil with high hydraulic conductivity. The study was conducted on the long-term two course wheat-lentil rotation trial, established on a swelling clay soil (Calcixerollic xerochrept). The wheat canopy architecture was manipulated by sowing the crop at either of two row-spacings, 0.17 or 0.30 m, both at a constant sowing rate equivalent to 120 kg ha^–1. In this study, evapotranspiration from the crop was inferred from changes in soil moisture content over time, evaporation and rainfall interception were measured daily using microlysimetry, drainage was estimated as being the difference between potential daily evapotranspiration, and the evapotranspiration estimated from the soil water deficit. Between sowing and day 80 (tillering stage), evapotranspiration was calculated to consist mainly of soil evaporation. However, after day 80, transpiration became an increasingly dominant component of evapotranspiration. For both row-spacings, cumulative evapotranspiration over the season was approximately 373 mm. In the narrow-row crop, transpiration and soil evaporation were approximately 185 mm and 183 mm of water respectively. Conversely for the wide row-spaced crop, 172 mm of water was transpired while about 205 mm of water evaporated from the soil surface. While green leaf area index did not differ between row-spacings, the architecture of the crops as a result of sowing affected solar radiation penetration such that more incident radiation was intercepted at the soil surface of the wide row-spaced crop. This is likely to have made some contribution to the elevated levels of evaporation from the soil beneath the canopy of the wide-sown crop.     

Lychee tree parameters for water balance modeling

Lychee (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) is widely grown under irrigation in the tropical northern Thailand highlands. Water efficient irrigation requires sound irrigation scheduling for which the requisite soil moisture information can be obtained from water balance modeling. A prerequisite for water balance predictions are plant parameters which describe interception, root distribution evaporation and transpiration. These parameters depend on climate, soil, as well as plant physiology, variety and age. This study investigated the plant parameters for 7-year-old lychee trees in tropical granite landscapes, as they are as yet unavailable. Interception could be satisfactorily predicted with the modified Gash model. The Gash parameters (canopy capacity per canopy cover area (S _c), canopy cover factor (c)) were determined to be 21.8 mm and 0.22, respectively. The spatial distribution of lychee tree roots depended on slope inclination. On the level plateau position, root length density (RLD) distribution was trunk-symmetrical and could be predicted with an empirical function. On the slope, the asymmetrical and irregular root development was not predictable. The suitability of the dual crop coefficient approach predicting daily potential evaporation (E _pot) and daily potential transpiration (T _pot) rates for water balance modeling was limited due to the weak correlations of E _pot and T _pot with the potential reference evapotranspiration (ET_o). As a result, no universal values for the potential evaporation coefficient (K _e,max) and the potential transpiration coefficient (K _cb) could be determined. Hence, E _pot and T _pot measurements are mandatory if accurate E _pot and T _pot data are necessary. In the case of missing measurements, K _e,max values of 0.6 and 1.6 are recommended for rough E _pot estimates underneath and in-between the lychee tree canopies. For T _pot predictions in irrigation scheduling, a relatively high K _cb of 0.8 is recommended in order to ensure a water stress free fruit development within the irrigation season. Section Editor: R. E. Munns     

华北落叶松人工林蒸散及产流对叶面积指数变化的响应

定量评价林地蒸散和产流等水文过程对冠层叶面积指数(LAI)的响应,对于深入认识森林植被的生态水文过程及其发生机制,实现半干旱区林水综合管理和区域可持续发展是非常必要的。应用集总式生态水文模型BROOK90,模拟分析了不同降水年型(丰水年、平水年、枯水年)下,位于半干旱区的宁夏六盘山叠叠沟小流域内华北落叶松(Larix principis-rupprechtii)人工林的水文过程对冠层LAI变化的响应关系。结果发现:林分总蒸散量、冠层截留量、蒸腾量与LAI都呈显著的正相关关系(R~20.99,P0.01),而土壤蒸发量、产流量则与LAI均呈显著的负相关关系(R~20.99,P0.01);在不同的降水年型下,各水文过程变量与LAI的关系都可以很好地用指数函数来表达,且都存在着一个LAI阈值。当LAI低于阈值时,各水文过程变量随LAI的变化幅度较大;但高于阈值时,各变量的变化十分缓慢并趋于稳定。在不同降水年型下,各变量LAI阈值之间存在着一定的差异。一般地,丰水年各变量的LAI阈值要大于枯水年,尤其是冠层截留和土壤蒸发。在丰水年,各水文过程变量随LAI增加而变化的速率要比在平水年、枯水年更快,说明在水分充足年份中各变量的波动更多取决于LAI变化,而在水分亏缺的年份中则可能更多地受到水分条件的限制。模拟结果表明,通过减少冠层LAI(如间伐)导致的林分的降低蒸散耗水和增加产流的作用是有限的,这是由于林分蒸散降低的幅度要比LAI降低的幅度小。例如,在平水年,当LAI从4.2变为2.0(减少幅度52.4%)时,林分年蒸散仅从357.2 mm减少至333.9 mm(减少幅度6.5%)。     

Influence of mulching on the pattern of growth and water use by spring wheat and moisture storage on a fine textured soil

Eight tonnes ha^–1 of stubble were used to mulch spring wheat (Triticum aestivum) on a fine textured soil with the aim of controlling both transpiration and soil evaporation during the wet pre-anthesis phase to increase moisture supply during grain filling in the eastern wheatbelt of Western Australia. Mulching reduced leaf area per plant by reducing the culm number; consequently the green area index was reduced. Reduced culm number was associated with low soil temperature which at 50 mm depth averaged 7°C lower under the mulched crop relative to the control crop in mid-season. The smaller canopies of the mulched crop used 15 mm less water than those of the control before anthesis; this difference in water-use was due equally to reduced transpiration and soil evaporation. However, the mulched crop was unable to increase ET during grain filling, a response associated with the persistence of low soil temperature for most of the growth period. Hence, total ET for the season was significantly lower (18 mm) under the mulched crop than the control crop. At harvest, mulching did not have significant effects on total above-ground dry matter and grain yields, but it increased water use efficiency for grain yield by 18%, grain weight by almost 17% and available moisture in both uncropped and cropped plots by an average of 43 mm.To determine whether there was any residual effects of soil treatment on moisture storage during the summer fallow period, soil moisture was monitored both in cropped plots and uncropped plots, that were either mulched or unmulched during the growing season, from harvest in October 1988 until next planting in June 1989. Available moisture at next planting was correlated with moisture storage at harvest despite the differences in run-off, soil evaporation and fallowing efficiency (increase in moisture storage as a percentage of rainfall) between treatments during fallowing. Therefore, the mulched treatments had more moisture available (30 mm), mostly as a result of less water use during cropping in the previous growing season, than the unmulched treatment.The study shows that mulching may be used to restrain both transpiration and soil evaporation early in the season to increase availability of soil moisture during grain filling. Secondly, mulching during the previous growing season had little effect on soil moisture during the summer fallow period, however, the moisture saved by mulching during cropping was conserved for the following season. These results indicate the importance of evaluating mulching of winter crops in terms of crop yield in the subsequent growing season as well as in the current season in which the soil was treated.Abbreviations D through drainage - DAS days after sowing of the crop on 31 May 1988 - DM dry matter produced in the above-ground portion of the crop (kg ha^–1) - E₀ evaporation from Class A pan (mm) - E_s evaporation from uncropped soil (mm) - E_sc evaporation from soil beneath the wheat canopy (mm) - ET evapotranspiration (mm) - FE fallowing efficiency (gain in soil moisture storage/rainfall) - GAI green area index (area of green vegetation per unit land area) - GWUE water-use efficiency for grain production (grain yield/total ET, kg ha^–1mm^–1) - K extinction coefficient (see equation 1) - RO run-off of moisture from soil surface during/following rainfall (mm) - SM available soil moisture (mm) at harvest (SMh) or at planting (SMp) - WUE water-use efficiency for total above-ground dry matter yield (see GWUE)     

玉米农田蒸散过程及其对气候变化的响应模拟

应用基于生理生态学过程的EALCO模型,对玉米农田生态系统的蒸散(ET)过程进行了模拟,在模型检验基础上,使用该模型模拟了玉米农田生态系统ET过程对未来气候变化的响应。结果表明,EALCO模型中能量与水过程的动态耦合机制使模型能够较好地模拟农田蒸散过程,基于涡度相关法的观测值与模型模拟值在小时、日尺度上均吻合较好,模型可以解释67%的日蒸散的变化特征。对土壤蒸发与冠层蒸腾的分别模拟显示,生长季土壤蒸发约占ET的36%。温度的升高会引起ET与冠层蒸腾的增加,同时土壤蒸发减少;ET对降水减少的响应较为敏感,主要表现在土壤蒸发的下降。大气CO2浓度升高对冠层蒸腾影响显著,该情景下冠层蒸腾下降幅度最大。研究所假设的2100年气候情景下,该农田生态系统生长季蒸散将减少,然而相对于降水的减少而言,蒸散的减少量较小,即水分支出项相对增加,因此,发生土壤水分匮乏的可能性加大,这可能会加剧该地区的暖干化趋势,给作物产量及生态环境带来威胁。     

荒漠草原人工灌丛化对蒸散发及其组分的影响——以盐池县为例

我国西北防沙治沙工程中大量的种植中间锦鸡儿(Caragana intermedia)会导致荒漠草原发生灌丛化现象,研究人工灌丛化对荒漠草原蒸散发的影响,不仅能够揭示半干旱区人为活动对生态系统水循环的影响机理,还可以指导区域生态治理实践。以宁夏盐池县荒漠草原为例,基于植被的生理生态参数和荒漠草原水热条件,采用生物地球化学模型(Biome Bio-Geochemical Cycles,Biome-BGC)和地球呼吸系统模拟模型(Breathing Earth System Simulator,BESS)结合的方法,模拟荒漠草原生态系统人工灌丛引入前后蒸散发及其组分的变化,定量研究荒漠草原人工灌丛化对区域生态水文循环中蒸散发的影响。结果表明,人工灌丛的引入使植被结构及特征发生了变化,叶面积指数(Leaf Area Index,LAI)年最大值由0.20增加为0.67,改变了植被年内与年际变化特征。荒漠草原人工灌丛化后,生态系统年均蒸散发由251.74 mm增加到了281.42 mm;人工灌丛化对生长季的蒸散发增强明显,8月蒸散发峰值时,日均蒸散发由1.27 mm/d增加到1.56 mm/d。灌丛化过程使生态系统蒸腾量平均增加了1.35倍,蒸发量增加了1.06倍,改变了生态系统蒸散发的组分结构,导致蒸发比例降低、蒸腾比例增高。由此可知,荒漠草原在防沙治沙和生态治理中大量种植灌木的现象,加大了区域生态系统的蒸散发,并改变了水分耗散结构,从而对生态系统地气水汽交换有较大影响,研究结论对荒漠草原生态治理及未来的植被重建有一定的借鉴意义。     

Water-use efficiency and transpiration efficiency of wheat under rain-fed conditions and supplemental irrigation in a Mediterranean-type environment

Growth and water use were measured in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grown in northern Syria in a typical Mediterranean climate over five seasons 1991/92–1995/96. Water use was partitioned into transpiration (T) and soil evaporation (E_s) using Ritchie's model, and water-use efficiency (WUE) and transpiration efficiency (TE) were calculated. The aim of the study was to examine the influence of irrigation and nitrogen on water use, WUE and TE. By addition of 100 kg N ha^-1, E_s was reduced from 120 mm to 101 mm under rain-fed conditions and from 143 mm to 110 mm under irrigated conditions, and T was increased from 153 mm to 193 mm under rain-fed conditions and from 215 mm to 310 mm under irrigated conditions. Under rain-fed conditions, about 35% of evapotranspiration (ET) may be lost from the soil surface for the fertilized crops and 44% of ET for the unfertilized crops. Transpiration accounted for 65% of ET for the fertilized crops and 56% for the unfertilized crops under rain-fed. As a result of this, WUE was increased by 44% for dry matter and 29% for grain yield under rain-fed conditions, and by 60% for dry matter and 57% for grain yield under irrigated conditions. Transpiration efficiency for the fertilized crops was 43.8 kg ha^-1 mm^-1 for dry matter and 15 kg ha^-1 mm^-1 for grain yield, while TE for the unfertilized crops was 33.6 kg ha^-1 mm^-1 and 12.2 kg ha^-1 mm^-1 for dry matter and grain yield, respectively. Supplemental irrigation significantly increased post-anthesis water use, transpiration, dry matter and grain yield. Water-use efficiency for grain yield was increased from 9.7 to 11.0 kg ha^-1 mm^-1 by supplemental irrigation, although WUE for dry matter was not affected by it. Irrigation did not affect transpiration efficiency for grain yield, but decreased transpiration efficiency for dry matter by 16%. This was associated with higher harvest index as a result of good water supply in the post-anthesis period and increased transpiration under irrigated conditions.     

Energy and Mass Exchange Over Incomplete Vegetation Cover

Competition for fresh water between agriculture and domestic and industrial uses is increasing worldwide. This is forcing subsistence and commercial agriculture to produce more with less water. Consequently, it is crucial to properly and efficiently manage water resources. This requires accurate determination of crop water loss into the atmosphere, which is greatly influenced by the exchange of energy and mass between the surface and the atmosphere. Measurement of these exchange processes can best be accomplished by micrometeorological methods. However, most micrometeorological methods are very expensive, difficult to set up, require extensive post-data collection corrections and/or involve a high degree of empiricism. This review discusses estimation of evapotranspiration using relatively inexpensive micrometeorological methods in temperature-variance (TV), surface renewal (SR) and mathematical models. The TV and SR methods use high frequency air temperature measurements above a surface to estimate sensible heat flux (H). The latent heat flux (λE), and hence evapotranspiration, is calculated as a residual of the shortened surface energy balance using measured or estimated net radiation and soil heat flux, assuming surface energy balance closure is met. For crops with incomplete cover, the disadvantage of these methods is that they do not allow separation of evapotranspiration into soil evaporation and plant transpiration. The mathematical models (single- and dual-source) involve a combination of radiation and resistance equations to determine evapotranspiration from inputs of automatic weather station observations. Single-source models (Penman-Monteith type equations) are used to determine evapotranspiration over homogeneous surfaces. The dual-source models, basically an extension of single-source models, determine soil evaporation and plant transpiration separately over heterogeneous or sparse vegetation. These mathematical models have also been modified to accommodate inputs of remotely-sensed radiometric surface temperatures that enable estimation of evapotranspiration on a regional and global scale.     

Dynamics of water and ion transport driven by corn canopy in the Yellow River basin

Water and ion balance in a corn field in the semi-arid region of the upper Yellow River basin (Inner Mongolia, China) was analyzed with special reference to transpiration stream and selective nutrient uptake driven by the crop canopy. During the crop development stage (June 7 to July 17, 2005), crop transpiration and soil evaporation were evaluated separately on a daily basis, and concentrations of NO ₃ ^? , PO ₄ ^3? , K⁺, Na⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺ and Cl^? ions in the Yellow River water, irrigation water, ground water, soil of the root zone and xylem sap of the crop were analyzed.The crop transpiration accounted for 83.4% of the evapotranspiration during the crop development stage. All ions except for Na⁺ were highly concentrated in the xylem sap due to the active and selective uptake of nutrients by roots. In particular, extremely high concentrations of the major essential nutrients were found in the nighttime stem exudate, while these concentrations in the river water, the irrigation water, the ground water and the root-zone soil were lower. On the other hand, Na⁺, which is not the essential element for crop growth, was scarcely absorbed by roots and was not highly concentrated in the xylem sap. Consequently, Na⁺ remained in the ground water and the root-zone soil at higher concentrations. These results indicate that during the growing season, crop transpiration but not soil evaporation induces the most significant driving force for mass flow (capillary rise) transporting the ground water toward the rhizosphere, where the dynamics of ion balance largely depends on the active and selective nutrient uptake by roots.