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C. M. Flores-Cayuela et al.
Having a real and verifiable water inventory during the growing season is essential to carry out a correct water footprint assessment and to establish strategies that
allow better water management and efficient use of water, reducing its environmental
impact at the farm level.
Keywords Water footprint inventory · Information and communication
technologies · Wireless sensors · Irrigation management · Green water use · Blue
water use · Efficient water use
List of Acronyms
A
Irrigation sector area (ha)
ADL
Allowable depletion level (mm)
API
Application Programming Interface
CWA blue Irrigation water applied to the crop (m
3 /ha)
CWU blue Irrigation water evapotranspirated by crop (m
3 /ha)
CWU green Green component of the crop water use (m
3 /ha)
DOY
Day of the year
Dr
Soil moisture deficit (mm)
ER
Effective rainfall (mm)
ET blue
Blue water use by the crop (m
3 /ha)
ETC
Crop evapotranspiration (mm)
ET green
Green water use by the crop (m
3 /ha)
ET 0
Reference evapotranspiration (mm)
FC
Field capacity
FIR
Full irrigation requirements strategy
ICTs
Information and communication technologies
I
Real irrigation sheet apply and measure with water meter (mm)
IDSS
Irrigation decision support system
IE
Irrigation system efficiency (%)
IN
Theoretical irrigation needs
IR
Real irrigation requirements
IWA
Irrigation water allowance (mm)
K C
Crop coefficient
K s
Non-dimensional coefficient of water stress in the soil
LCA
Life cycle analysis
lds
Last day of the season
n
Index day of the season
n e
Number of emitters per sector
NAE
Nearest agroclimatic station
θ
Volumetric water content (m
3 /m
3 )
θ FC
Volumetric water content at field capacity (m
3 /m
3 )
θ PWP
Volumetric water content at permanent wilting point (m
3 /m
3 )
C. M. Flores-Cayuela et al.
Having a real and verifiable water inventory during the growing season is essential to carry out a correct water footprint assessment and to establish strategies that
allow better water management and efficient use of water, reducing its environmental
impact at the farm level.
Keywords Water footprint inventory · Information and communication
technologies · Wireless sensors · Irrigation management · Green water use · Blue
water use · Efficient water use
List of Acronyms
A
Irrigation sector area (ha)
ADL
Allowable depletion level (mm)
API
Application Programming Interface
CWA blue Irrigation water applied to the crop (m
3 /ha)
CWU blue Irrigation water evapotranspirated by crop (m
3 /ha)
CWU green Green component of the crop water use (m
3 /ha)
DOY
Day of the year
Dr
Soil moisture deficit (mm)
ER
Effective rainfall (mm)
ET blue
Blue water use by the crop (m
3 /ha)
ETC
Crop evapotranspiration (mm)
ET green
Green water use by the crop (m
3 /ha)
ET 0
Reference evapotranspiration (mm)
FC
Field capacity
FIR
Full irrigation requirements strategy
ICTs
Information and communication technologies
I
Real irrigation sheet apply and measure with water meter (mm)
IDSS
Irrigation decision support system
IE
Irrigation system efficiency (%)
IN
Theoretical irrigation needs
IR
Real irrigation requirements
IWA
Irrigation water allowance (mm)
K C
Crop coefficient
K s
Non-dimensional coefficient of water stress in the soil
LCA
Life cycle analysis
lds
Last day of the season
n
Index day of the season
n e
Number of emitters per sector
NAE
Nearest agroclimatic station
θ
Volumetric water content (m
3 /m
3 )
θ FC
Volumetric water content at field capacity (m
3 /m
3 )
θ PWP
Volumetric water content at permanent wilting point (m
3 /m
3 )