Climate change impact on the estimation of reference evapotranspiration, water requirement, and irrigation requirement in irrigated areas (a case study: Bardsir plain)

Climate change impacts have been felt deeply by farmers of the Bardsir region, which is situated in the southeast of Iran. The current research focuses on the climate change impacts on the region's agricultural sector by the horizon of 2051. In the first step, by means of data generated by two...

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Main Authors: Morteza Rajabi, Navid Jalalkamali, Mahdi Naghizadeh
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Language:English
Published: IWA Publishing 2022-04-01
Series:Journal of Water and Climate Change
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description Climate change impacts have been felt deeply by farmers of the Bardsir region, which is situated in the southeast of Iran. The current research focuses on the climate change impacts on the region's agricultural sector by the horizon of 2051. In the first step, by means of data generated by two micro lysimeters, the best-localized formula for estimating reference evapotranspiration was derived. Then the irrigation requirements of wheat, barley, rape, corn, alfalfa, potato, and onion crops were estimated by GFDL-ESM2M and Had GEM2-ES model outputs with two scenarios, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5. According to the findings, under both scenarios, the irrigation requirements of all plants will be increasing. Assuming that the current water consumption patterns remain unchanged, this will increase the total annual water demand of the plain from its present value of 331.9 to 369.66 million cubic meters (MCM) in the RCP4.5 scenario and 375.58 MCM in the RCP8.5 scenario based on GFDL-ESM2M model output. These values would be 345.11 and 349.85 MCM for RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, respectively, based on Had GEM2-ES model output by 2051. To conserve the current cultivation area, GCM models indicate, under a pessimistic scenario, even after modernizing the irrigation systems of the region the plain will encounter negative balance due to groundwater overdraft. HIGHLIGHTS Using real data of evapotranspiration derived by micro-lysimeters.; Introducing the best evapotranspiration model for the region.; Assessing different water resources management scenarios under climate change impacts.;
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spelling doaj.art-70be6ad5ed5f4a639783ada7adccaa152022-12-22T00:15:16ZengIWA PublishingJournal of Water and Climate Change2040-22442408-93542022-04-011341951196510.2166/wcc.2022.404404Climate change impact on the estimation of reference evapotranspiration, water requirement, and irrigation requirement in irrigated areas (a case study: Bardsir plain)Morteza Rajabi0Navid Jalalkamali1Mahdi Naghizadeh2 Department of Civil Engineering, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman 7635131167, Iran Department of Water Sciences and Engineering, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman 7635131167, Iran Department of Plant Production, Bardsir Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran Climate change impacts have been felt deeply by farmers of the Bardsir region, which is situated in the southeast of Iran. The current research focuses on the climate change impacts on the region's agricultural sector by the horizon of 2051. In the first step, by means of data generated by two micro lysimeters, the best-localized formula for estimating reference evapotranspiration was derived. Then the irrigation requirements of wheat, barley, rape, corn, alfalfa, potato, and onion crops were estimated by GFDL-ESM2M and Had GEM2-ES model outputs with two scenarios, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5. According to the findings, under both scenarios, the irrigation requirements of all plants will be increasing. Assuming that the current water consumption patterns remain unchanged, this will increase the total annual water demand of the plain from its present value of 331.9 to 369.66 million cubic meters (MCM) in the RCP4.5 scenario and 375.58 MCM in the RCP8.5 scenario based on GFDL-ESM2M model output. These values would be 345.11 and 349.85 MCM for RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, respectively, based on Had GEM2-ES model output by 2051. To conserve the current cultivation area, GCM models indicate, under a pessimistic scenario, even after modernizing the irrigation systems of the region the plain will encounter negative balance due to groundwater overdraft. HIGHLIGHTS Using real data of evapotranspiration derived by micro-lysimeters.; Introducing the best evapotranspiration model for the region.; Assessing different water resources management scenarios under climate change impacts.;http://jwcc.iwaponline.com/content/13/4/1951climate changecrop water requirementirrigation requirementrcp scenarios
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Mahdi Naghizadeh
Climate change impact on the estimation of reference evapotranspiration, water requirement, and irrigation requirement in irrigated areas (a case study: Bardsir plain)
Journal of Water and Climate Change
climate change
crop water requirement
irrigation requirement
rcp scenarios
title Climate change impact on the estimation of reference evapotranspiration, water requirement, and irrigation requirement in irrigated areas (a case study: Bardsir plain)
title_full Climate change impact on the estimation of reference evapotranspiration, water requirement, and irrigation requirement in irrigated areas (a case study: Bardsir plain)
title_fullStr Climate change impact on the estimation of reference evapotranspiration, water requirement, and irrigation requirement in irrigated areas (a case study: Bardsir plain)
title_full_unstemmed Climate change impact on the estimation of reference evapotranspiration, water requirement, and irrigation requirement in irrigated areas (a case study: Bardsir plain)
title_short Climate change impact on the estimation of reference evapotranspiration, water requirement, and irrigation requirement in irrigated areas (a case study: Bardsir plain)
title_sort climate change impact on the estimation of reference evapotranspiration water requirement and irrigation requirement in irrigated areas a case study bardsir plain
topic climate change
crop water requirement
irrigation requirement
rcp scenarios
url http://jwcc.iwaponline.com/content/13/4/1951
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