Natural and planted grasslands play a very important role in agriculture as source of various
ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration and biodiversity, and are responsible …

The aim of TERENO (TERrestrial ENvironmental Observatories) is to collect long-term
observation data on the hydrosphere, biosphere, pedosphere, lower atmosphere and …

Core Ideas To determine the water retention curve from inverse modeling, θ and ψ need to
be monitored. δ18O ratios contained information to inversely estimate soil hydraulic …

Evapotranspiration (ET) is, after precipitation, the second largest flux at the land surface in
the water cycle and occurs mainly during daytime. Less attention has been given to water …

Weighing lysimeters are considered to be the best means for a precise measurement of
water fluxes at the interface between the soil-plant system and the atmosphere. Any …

This article presents validation results of the grass Reference Evapotranspiration (ET o)
product, which is provided operationally by the Satellite Applications Facility on Land …

Chufa is a traditional crop in L'Horta de València (Spain), a historical agricultural system that
has been recognised in the register of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems …

Due to climate change, agricultural production in Europe will be challenged by higher
temperatures and shifts in precipitation distribution that will give rise to frequent summer …

Water balance is an important tool to evaluate water deficit or excess in crop systems.
However, few studies have evaluated the water balance of vegetation grown on the residues …

This work presents the characteristics of actual evapotranspiration obtained using the eddy
covariance method and a comparison with the results of crop reference evapotranspiration …