Hydrology and Water Management in Agricultural Landscapes

A special issue of Hydrology (ISSN 2306-5338). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 2120

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Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20024, USA
Interests: hydrologic modeling; remote sensing

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The consequences of agricultural activities can be seen in streams, reservoirs and groundwater. These impacts continue as demand and uncertainty intensify worldwide. Hydrology and water management in agricultural landscapes are complex and are supported by multidisciplinary efforts. These studies require large amounts of spatial and temporal data from many sectors. The scientific community has responded by advancing critical aspects of water movement, distribution, and quality.  These advancements have been achieved by developing hydrologic models, understanding soil/plant/evapotranspiration dynamics, creating in situ observation networks, and improving remote sensing methods, to name a few.

For this Special Issue, “Hydrology and Water Management in Agricultural Landscapes”, we invite authors to submit research that demonstrates advancements in hydrology and water management methods, especially those that address water quality and quantity following the expansion of conservation practices.

Contributions are solicited from basic science to addressing the following subject areas:

  • Hydrologic modeling for accounting and forecasting;
  • Sediment and nutrient transport off agricultural landscapes;
  • Surface and subsurface drainage;
  • Climate resiliency in agricultural landscapes;
  • Cultivated soil health;
  • Conservation practices’ effectiveness and expansion;
  • Storm water and waste water management;
  • Wetlands and impoundments on the landscape;
  • Remote sensing and GIS uses in agricultural landscapes;
  • In situ monitoring and observation networks;
  • Data mining and assimilation.

Dr. Peter C. Beeson
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • hydrologic modeling
  • sediment and nutrient transport
  • surface and subsurface drainage
  • wetlands and impoundments
  • soil health
  • conservation practices

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Sustainable Water Resources Management under Climate Change: A Case Study with Potato Irrigation in an Insular Mediterranean Environment
by Vassilis Litskas, Paraskevi Vourlioti, Theano Mamouka, Stylianos Kotsopoulos and Charalampos Paraskevas
Hydrology 2023, 10(12), 218; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10120218 - 21 Nov 2023
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Potato cultivation is a significant agricultural activity worldwide. As a staple food in many countries, potatoes provide essential nutrients and are a significant source of income for farmers. This paper investigates current and future net irrigation requirements for potatoes in combination with LCA [...] Read more.
Potato cultivation is a significant agricultural activity worldwide. As a staple food in many countries, potatoes provide essential nutrients and are a significant source of income for farmers. This paper investigates current and future net irrigation requirements for potatoes in combination with LCA (life cycle assessment) to assess the GHG emissions due to irrigation. Potato cultivation in Cyprus is used as a model for insular environments, which are often neglected from such studies. The models suggest that an increase in net irrigation requirements is expected but there is a large variability among locations and between years. The increase in rainfall that some of the models predict does not mean that this water will be effectively stored in the soil (and reduce irrigation requirements). The GHG emissions due to potato irrigation in Cyprus are estimated to be 1369.41 tons CO2eq and expected to decrease after 2030 by 35%, mainly due to changes in the electricity mix (from heavy fuel to renewable energy). Further research including other important (irrigated) crops in the island will support the development of strategies towards sustainable resources management under climate change. Full article
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