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Open AccessIdentifying soil-plant interactions in a mixed-age orange orchard using electrical resistivity imaging
The ever-increasing demand of fresh water from irrigated agriculture and the water scarcity condition that characterizes the Mediterranean region, encourages the adoption of efficient water saving strategies. ...
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Monitoring and Predicting Irrigation Requirements of Tree Crops in Eastern Sicily as a Tool for Sustainability
The irrigated agriculture of Southern Italy, managed by the reclamation consortia, generally lacks the necessary information and tools which can allow to improve water management and achieve the necessary sust...
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Open AccessInfluence of short-term surface temperature dynamics on tree orchards energy balance fluxes
Land surface temperature (LST) plays an essential role in develo** and applying precision agriculture protocols, especially for calculating crop evapotranspiration (ETc) by surface energy balance (SEB) approach...
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Open AccessTechnology-enhanced Learning for Promoting Technical and Social Competences in Hydrological Science
This paper explains and analyses a virtual gamification experience developed by a teaching group from the University of Catania (Italy) and the University of Cordoba (Spain). A competition based on professiona...
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Open AccessElectrical resistivity imaging for monitoring soil water motion patterns under different drip irrigation scenarios
The use of hydrogeophysical methods provides insights for supporting optimal irrigation design and management. In the present study, the electrical resistivity imaging (ERI) was applied for monitoring the soil...
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On the Performance of a Novel Hybrid Constructed Wetland for Stormwater Treatment and Irrigation Reuse in Mediterranean Climate
Decentralized water treatment facilities (DWFTs) have been described as one of the best practices (BMPs) for promoting effective water management programs in the framework of the circular economy, with the aim...
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Open AccessAssessing the extent of citrus trees root apparatus under deficit irrigation via multi-method geo-electrical imaging
Tree rooting strategies are driven by external and internal factors such as climate conditions (rain frequency, wind direction), soil structure and crop type. In order to ensure water efficiency for irrigated ...
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Corrected surface energy balance to measure and model the evapotranspiration of irrigated orange orchards in semi-arid Mediterranean conditions
In this paper, based on the analysis of a long-term energy balance monitoring programme, a Bowen ratio-based method (BR) was proposed to resolve the lack of closure of the eddy covariance technique to obtain r...
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Operating Rules of an Irrigation Purposes Reservoir Using Multi-Objective Optimization
A multi-objective optimization technique for the operation of an irrigation reservoir is presented in this paper. The study deals with two different objective functions (OF): the minimization of reservoir rele...
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Discovering Reservoir Operating Rules by a Rough Set Approach
An integrated Rough Set approach is proposed and implemented to discover the historical operating rules of a Sicilian irrigation purpose reservoir. Operating rules are derived by expressing monthly releases fr...
