De uitdaging van irrigatiekwantificering via procesgebaseerde modellering en data-assimilatie

Irrigation is becoming an increasingly important component of the hydrological cycle in many regions across Europe and the globe. However, information on the location and amounts of water application is not easily obtained. Soil-vegetation models often poorly represent irrigation, but satellite signals should detect irrigation. Consequently, misfits between modeled soil moisture and vegetation simulations and observations could be used to locate irrigated areas. Recently, the plot-scale AquaCrop