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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2015, Vol. 14 Issue (10): 2065-2076    DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(14)60951-5
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Water consumption in summer maize and winter wheat cropping system based on SEBAL model in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, China
 YANG  Jian-ying, MEI  Xu-rong, HUO  Zhi-guo, YAN  Chang-rong, JU  Hui, ZHAO  Feng-hua, LIU  Qin
1、Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, P.R.China
2、Key Laboratory of Dryland Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture/Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in
Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P.R.China
3、Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture/Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in
Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P.R.China
4、Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources
Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R.China
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摘要  Crop consumptive water use is recognized as a key element to understand regional water management performance. This study documents an attempt to apply a regional evapotranspiration model (SEBAL) and crop information for assessment of regional crop (summer maize and winter wheat) actual evapotranspiration (ETa) in Huang-Huai-Hai (3H) Plain, China. The average seasonal ETa of summer maize and winter wheat were 354.8 and 521.5 mm respectively in 3H Plain. A high-ETa belt of summer maize occurs in piedmont plain, while a low ETa area was found in the hill-irrigable land and dry land area. For winter wheat, a high-ETa area was located in the middle part of 3H Plain, including low plain-hydropenia irrigable land and dry land, hill-irrigable land and dry land, and basin-irrigable land and dry land. Spatial analysis demonstrated a linear relationship between crop ETa, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and the land surface temperature (LST). A stronger relationship between ETa and NDVI was found in the metaphase and last phase than other crop growing phase, as indicated by higher correlation coefficient values. Additionally, higher correlation coefficients were detected between ETa and LST than that between ETa and NDVI, and this significant relationship ran through the entire crop growing season. ETa in the summer maize growing season showed a significant relationship with longitude, while ETa in the winter wheat growing season showed a significant relationship with latitude. The results of this study will serve as baseline information for water resources management of 3H Plain.

Abstract  Crop consumptive water use is recognized as a key element to understand regional water management performance. This study documents an attempt to apply a regional evapotranspiration model (SEBAL) and crop information for assessment of regional crop (summer maize and winter wheat) actual evapotranspiration (ETa) in Huang-Huai-Hai (3H) Plain, China. The average seasonal ETa of summer maize and winter wheat were 354.8 and 521.5 mm respectively in 3H Plain. A high-ETa belt of summer maize occurs in piedmont plain, while a low ETa area was found in the hill-irrigable land and dry land area. For winter wheat, a high-ETa area was located in the middle part of 3H Plain, including low plain-hydropenia irrigable land and dry land, hill-irrigable land and dry land, and basin-irrigable land and dry land. Spatial analysis demonstrated a linear relationship between crop ETa, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and the land surface temperature (LST). A stronger relationship between ETa and NDVI was found in the metaphase and last phase than other crop growing phase, as indicated by higher correlation coefficient values. Additionally, higher correlation coefficients were detected between ETa and LST than that between ETa and NDVI, and this significant relationship ran through the entire crop growing season. ETa in the summer maize growing season showed a significant relationship with longitude, while ETa in the winter wheat growing season showed a significant relationship with latitude. The results of this study will serve as baseline information for water resources management of 3H Plain.
Keywords:  ETa       winter wheat       summer maize       SEBAL       crop information       Huang-Huai-Hai Plain  
Received: 05 August 2014   Accepted:
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This research was supported by the National Key Technologies R&D Program of China during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2012BAD09B01), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2012CB955904) and the National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China (41401510).

Corresponding Authors:  LIU Qin, Tel/Fax: +86-10-82106018,E-mail: liuqin02@caas.cn   
About author:  YANG Jian-ying, E-mail: yangjy@cams.cma.gov.cn;

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YANG Jian-ying, MEI Xu-rong, HUO Zhi-guo, YAN Chang-rong, JU Hui, ZHAO Feng-hua, LIU Qin. 2015. Water consumption in summer maize and winter wheat cropping system based on SEBAL model in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 14(10): 2065-2076.

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