08/26/2013

Saleh Taghvaeian, José L Chávez, and Neil C Hansen. (2012). Infrared Thermometry to Estimate Crop Water Use and Stress Index of Irrigated Maize in Northeastern Colorado. Remote Sensing Journal. Special issue: Advances in Remote Sensing of Crop Water Use Estimation. Remote Sens. 2012, 4(11), 3619-3637; doi:10.3390/rs4113619
Chávez, J.L., Gowda, P.H., Howell, T.A., Garcia, L.A., Copeland, K.S., and Neale, C.M.U. 2012. ET mapping with high resolution airborne remote sensing data in an advective semi-arid environment. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. ASCE. Vol. 138, No. 5, May 1, 2012. Pp. 416-423.
Abhinaya Subedi, José L. Chávez, and Allan A. Andales. (2013). Preliminary performance evaluation of the Penman-Monteith evapotranspiration equation in southeastern Colorado. In Proceedings of 33rd Annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) Hydrology Days 2013 Conference. Fort Collins, CO. March 25 - 27, 2013.
Rijal, I., and X. Jia. 2012. Reference evapotranspiration and actual evapotranspiration measurements in North Dakota. ND Water Resources Research Institute Technical Report No: ND12-02. http://www.ndsu.edu/wrri/ Fargo, ND. p30.
Rijal, I., X. Jia, X. Zhang, D. D. Steele, T. F. Scherer, and A. Akyuz. 2012. Effects of subsurface drainage on evapotranspiration for corn and soybean in Southeastern North Dakota. J. of Irrigation and Drainage 138(12): 1060-1067.
Holman, Daniel, Mohan Sridharan, Prasanna Gowda, Dana Porter, Thomas Marek, Terry Howell, and Jerry Moorhead. 2013. Accurate Estimates of Reference Evapotranspiration for Irrigation Management in the Texas High Plains. [Peer Reviewed] Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Beijing, China, August 3-9, 2013.
Porter, Dana, Prasanna Gowda, Thomas Marek, Terry Howell, Jerry Moorhead, and Suat Irmak. 2012. Sensitivity of Grass- and Alfalfa-Reference Evapotranspiration to Weather Station Sensor Accuracy. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 28(4):543-549.
Samui, P., P.H. Gowda, T. Oommen, T.A. Howell, T.H. Marek, and D.O. Porter. 2012. Statistical learning algorithms for identifying contrasting tillage practices with Landsat Thematic Mapper data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 33 (18):5732-5745.

01/23/2015

Seminars/workshops/talks

Chávez, J.L. 2014. “Implementation of Deficit Irrigation Regimes: Demonstration and Outreach.” Field Day at research and demonstration fields, Greeley, CO, August 8, 2014. Oral presentations at deficit and full irrigated corn plots and posters session, for farmers, conservation and irrigation districts and consultants.

Evapotranspiration (ET) and Irrigation Scheduling webinar, Lubbock, TX, June 10, 2014. Webinar training for County Extension Agents.

High Plains Irrigation Conference and Trade Show, Amarillo, TX, January 16, 2014. CEUs provided for Irrigation Association (IA) Certified Irrigation Designers (CID), Certified Agricultural Irrigation Specialists (CAIS) and American Society of Agronomy Certified Crop Advisers (CCA).

Irrigation Management in Cotton Production Systems, Lubbock, TX, September 15, 2014. Webinar training for County Extension Agents.

Irrigation Management in High Plains Cotton Production Systems. Two invited seminars, Lubbock, TX, September 10, 2013 and September 16, 2013.

Porter, Dana. 2014. “Crop Water Use Estimates from the Texas High Plains ET Network Water Management Website.” Panhandle Regional Water Planning Group Meeting, Amarillo, TX. May 20, 2014.

Porter, Dana. 2014. "Irrigation Technology Decisions: Microirrigation." Texas Panhandle-High Plains Water Conservation Symposium. Amarillo, TX. February 12, 2014.

Porter, Dana. 2013. "Agricultural Irrigation Challenges, Opportunities, and Observations." Netafim Global Commodities Conference. Lubbock, TX. September 30, 2013.


Publications

Aguilar, J, D. Rogers, N. Klocke, L. Stone, D. Porter, and I. Kisekka. 2014. Web-based Planning and Water Management Tools for Producers. [Poster] 2014 Annual Meeting of the USDA-ARS Ogallala Aquifer Program. Lubbock, TX. 03/25/14 – 03/26/14.

Bhattarai, N., Dougherty, M., Marzen, L., and L. Kalin. 2014. A simple Landsat-MODIS fusion approach to monitor seasonal evapotranspiration at 30 m spatial resolution" International J. Remote Sensing (in press).

Bordovsky, James P., Joe T. Mustian, David Winters, Dana Porter, Calvin Trostle, and Dick Auld. 2014. Cotton Response in Non-Traditional Crop Rotations at Low Irrigation Levels (Results from First Year of a Complete 3-Year Rotation). [Poster] 2014 Annual Meeting of the USDA-ARS Ogallala Aquifer Program. Lubbock, TX. 03/25/14 – 03/26/14.

Boyer, M. J., M. D. Dukes, L. J. Young, and S. Wang. 2014. Irrigation conservation of Florida-Friendly Landscaping based on water billing data. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 04014037.

Bronson, K.F. 2014. Advancing irrigation efficiency in the arid southwest USA. Presented at the special session, “China Ministry of Science and Technology-USDA Water-Saving Technology Flagship Project Workshop”, of the 18th World Congress of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering), Sept. 2014.

Bronson, K.F. 2014. Advancing irrigation efficiency in the arid southwest USA. Presented at The Sino-US Workshop on Water Use Efficiency, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling, China, 12 Sept. 2014.

Burns, Robert. 2013. Expert: Irrigated crops on the High Plains ‘all over the map’. Texas A&M AgriLife press release July 16, 2013.

Davis, S. and M. Dukes. 2014. Methodologies for Successful Implementation of Smart Irrigation Controllers. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 04014055.

Davis, S. L. and M. D. Dukes. 2014. Irrigation of residential landscapes using the Toro Intelli-Sense controller in southwest Florida. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering140(3):04013020.

Dobbs, N. A., K. W. Migliaccio, Y. Li, M. D. Dukes, and K. T. Morgan. 2014. Evaluating irrigation applied and nitrogen leached using different smart irrigation technologies on bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum). Irrigation Science 32(3):193-203.

Dobbs, N.A. , K.W. Migliaccio, M.D. Dukes, K.T. Morgan and Y.C. Li. 2013. Interactive Irrigation Tool for Simulating Smart Irrigation Technologies in Lawn Turf. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 139(9):747-754.

Dobbs, N.A., K.W. Migliaccio, Y. Li, M.D. Dukes, and K.T. Morgan. 2014. Evaluating irrigation applied and nitrogen leached using different smart irrigation technologies on bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum). Irrigation Science 32(3):193-203.

Dobbs, N.A., K.W. Migliaccio, Y.C. Li, M.D. Dukes and K.T. Morgan. 2014. Evaluating irrigation applied and nitrogen leached using different smart irrigation technologies on bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum). Irrigation Science 32:193-203.

Evett, S.R. 2014. Enhancing water use efficiency with plant feedback irrigation control: the case for sorghum. Presented at the special session, “China Ministry of Science and Technology-USDA Water-Saving Technology Flagship Project Workshop”, of the 18th World Congress of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering), Sept. 2014.

Evett, S.R. 2014. Water saving technologies in U.S. Irrigation. Presented at The Sino-US Workshop on Water Use Efficiency, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling, China, 12 Sept. 2014.

Evett, S.R., P.D. Colaizzi, R.C. Schwartz and S.A. O'Shaughnessy. 2014b. Soil water sensing - Focus on variable rate irrigation. Pp. 99-109 In Proc. 26th Annual Central Plains Irrigation Conf., Burlington, CO., February 25-26, 2014. (proceedings)

Evett, S.R., P.D. Colaizzi, S.A. O'Shaughnessy, F.R. Lamm, T.J. Trout and W.L. Kranz. 2014a. The future of irrigation on the U.S. Great Plains. Pp. 2-25 In Proc. 26th Annual Central Plains Irrigation Conf., Burlington, CO., February 25-26, 2014. (proceedings)

Fox, Adeline. 2013. High Plains Ag Conference: Irrigation efficiency essential. The Cross Section, December 2013. High Plains Underground Water Conservation District, Lubbock, TX.

French, A., D. Hunsaker, K. Thorp and J. White. 2013. Monitoring sprinkler irrigated wheat and camelina canopy temperatures with a wireless sensor network. Presented at the session ‘Wireless Technologies and Innovations To Meet Food, Water, and Energy Challenges’: ASA 2013 Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL.

Fulton, et. al., Progress with Measuring and Utilizing Crop Evapotranspiration (ETc) in Walnut. January 2014, Walnut Research Reports, California Walnut Board.

Ghali, I.E. , G. L. Miller, G. L. Grabow, and R. L. Huffman. 2012. Using Variability within Digital Images to Improve Tall Fescue Color Characterization. Crop Science (52):2365-2374.

Gowda, P., Marek, T., Porter, D.O., Howell, T.A., Paul, G., Colaizzi, P.D. 2013. An integrated framework of operational ET remote sensing program for irrigation management the Texas High Plains [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. Paper No.65-6.

Gowda, Prasanna H., Jerry E. Moorhead, Daniel E. Holman, Dana O. Porter, Thomas Marek, George Paul, Paul Colaizzi, Terry A. Howell. 2014. Bushland Evapotranspiration and Agricultural Remote Sensing System (BEARS). [Poster] 2014 Annual Meeting of the USDA-ARS Ogallala Aquifer Program. Lubbock, TX. 03/25/14 – 03/26/14.

Gowda, Prasanna H., Jerry E. Moorhead, Daniel E. Holman, Thomas Marek, Dana O. Porter, Terry A. Howell. 2014. Bushland Reference ET Calculator with QA/QC Capabilities and an iPhone/iPad Application. [Poster] 2014 Annual Meeting of the USDA-ARS Ogallala Aquifer Program. Lubbock, TX. 03/25/14 – 03/26/14.

Gowda, Prasanna H., Terry A. Howell, George Paul, Paul D. Colaizzi, Thomas H. Marek, Bob Su, Karen S. Copeland. 2013. Deriving hourly evapotranspiration rates with SEBS: a lysimetric evaluation. Special Section: Remote Sensing for Vadose Zone Hydrology. Vadose Zone Journal. July 2011.

Gowda, Prasanna, Dana Porter, Thomas Marek, Jerry Moorhead, Daniel Holman, George Paul, and Paul Colaizzi. 2014. Bushland evapotranspiration and agricultural remote sensing system. ASABE Paper 1887641. International Symposium, “Evapotranspiration: Challenges in Measurement and Modeling from Leaf to the Landscape Scale and Beyond.” American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. April 7-10, 2014. Raleigh, NC.

Gowda, Prasanna, Terry Howell, Dana Porter, and Thomas Marek. 2014. Bushland reference ET calculator. ASABE Paper 1887642. International Symposium, “Evapotranspiration: Challenges in Measurement and Modeling from Leaf to the Landscape Scale and Beyond.” American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. April 7-10, 2014. Raleigh, NC.

Grabow, G.L., I. E. Ghali , R. L. Huffman , G. L. Miller , D. Bowman , and A. Vasanth. 2013. Water Application Efficiency and Adequacy of ET-Based and Soil-Moisture-Based Irrigation Controllers for Turfgrass Irrigation. J. Irrig. Drainage Engr. 39(2):113-123.

Harmsen, E. W., V. H. Ramirez Builes, M. D. Dukes, X. Jia, L. R. Perez Alegria and R. E. Vasquez. 2013. “Vapor flux measurement system” In Evapotranspiration: Principles and Applications for Water Management Ed by Goyal and Harmsen. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. pgs 513-522.

He, J., Dougherty, M., and A. AbdelGadir. 2013. Numerical assisted assessment of vadose-zone nitrogen transport under a soil moisture controlled wastewater SDI dispersal system in a Vertisol. Ecological Engineering (53):28-234.

Henggeler, J. Heat Units. 2012. MidAmerica Farmer Grower.

Henggeler, J. 2014. Fantasy Irrigation. MidAmerica Farmer Grower.

Henggeler, J. 2014. Missouri’s Woodruff Irrigation Charts: Still Making Missouri Irrigators Money After All These Years. MidAmerica Farmer Grower.

Holman, Daniel, David Pointer, Patrick Porter, Danny Rogers, and Dana Porter. 2014. iOS Application Development for the Ogallala Aquifer Program: Useful Tools for Water and Irrigation Management. [Poster] 2014 Annual Meeting of the USDA-ARS Ogallala Aquifer Program. Lubbock, TX. 03/25/14 – 03/26/14.

Holman, Daniel, Mohan Shridharan, Prasanna Gowda, Dana Porter, Thomas Marek, Terry Howell, and Jerry Moorhead. 2013. Gaussian Process Predictive Models for Reference ET Estimation from Alternative Meteorological Data Sources.” Journal of Hydrology. 05/2014; DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.05.001

Holman, Daniel, Mohan Sridharan, Prasanna Gowda, Dana Porter, Thomas Marek, Terry Howell, and Jerry Moorhead. 2013. Estimating reference evapotranspiration for irrigation management in the Texas High Plains. (Refereed Proceedings) Proc. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Beijing, China, August 3-9, 2013.

Howell, Terry A., Prasanna H. Gowda, Paul D. Colaizzi, Thomas H. Marek, and Dana O. Porter. 2013. Evapotranspiration (ET) – Measurement, Modeling, Mapping and Technology Transfer. 75th Anniversary USDA-ARS-CPRL (Bushland). Amarillo, TX, August 29, 2013.

Howitt, R., et.al. Economic Analysis of the 2014 Drought for California Agriculture. July 2014. Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California Davis.

Hunsaker, D.H., A.N. French, and K.R. Thorp. 2014. Cotton Irrigation Scheduling using Soil Water Depletion Estimates of Small-Zones in Large Fields. Presented at the 2014 Beltwide Cotton Conference, New Orleans, La, January 5, 2014.

Irmak, Suat, Denis Mutiibwa, Jose Payero, Thomas Marek, Dana Porter. 2013. Modeling soybean canopy resistance from micrometeorological?and plant variables for estimating evapotranspiration using one-step Penman–Monteith approach. Journal of Hydrology 507 (2013) 1-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.10.008

Jia, X., T. F. Scherer, D. Lin, X. Zhang, and I. Rijal. 2014. Comparison of reference evapotranspiration calculations for southeastern North Dakota. Irrigation & Drainage Systems Engineering 2:112. doi:10.4172/2168-9768.1000112.

Johnson, B. Alfalfa shows ability to survive on deficit irrigation (Extension biometeorology specialist, displays an instrument that provides weather data to farmers). Aug. 2014. Ag Alert.

Kjaersgaard, J., K. Khand, C. Hay, and X. Jia. 2014. Estimating evapotranspiration from fields with and without tile drainage using remote sensing. ASCE World Environmental & Water Resources Congress (EWRI) Annual Meeting, June 1-5, 2014, Portland, Oregon.

Liu, Z., G.L. Grabow, R.L. Huffman, J. Osborne, and R.O. Evans. 2012. Factors Affecting Uniformity of Irrigation-Type Manure Application Systems. Applied Eng. in Agric. 28(1).

Lopez-Urrea, R., A. Montoro, T.J. Trout. 2014. Consumptive water use and crop coefficients of irrigated sunflower. Irr Sci. 32:99-109. DOI 10.1007/s00271-013-0418-9.

Marek, G.W., S.R. Evett, P.H. Gowda, T.A. Howell, K.S. Copeland, and R.L. Baumhardt. 2014. Post-processing techniques for reducing errors in weighing lysimeter evapotranspiration (ET) datasets. Trans. ASABE 17(2):499-515.

Marek, Gary, P.H. Gowda, and S.R. Evett. 2014. Calibration and validation of SWAT evapotranspiration estimates for irrigated crops in the Texas High Plains using lysimetric data. ASABE Paper No. 1872959. International Symposium, “Evapotranspiration: Challenges in Measurement and Modeling from Leaf to the Landscape Scale and Beyond.” American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. April 7-10, 2014. Raleigh, NC.

Marek, Gary, S.R. Evett, P.H. Gowda, T.A. Howell, K.S. Copeland, R.L. Baumhardt. 2014. Post-processing techniques for reducing errors in weighing lysimeter evaptranspiration (ET) datasets. Transactions of the ASABE. 57(2):499-515.

Marek, Thomas, Dana Porter, Prasanna Gowda, Terry Howell, Jerry Moorhead, and Gary Marek. 2014. Evaluating alternative meteorological data sources for potential use in irrigation management. ASABE Paper 1880246. International Symposium, “Evapotranspiration: Challenges in Measurement and Modeling from Leaf to the Landscape Scale and Beyond.” American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. April 7-10, 2014. Raleigh, NC.

Migliaccio, K.W. and B. Shoemaker 2014. Estimation of urban subtropical bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum) evapotranspiration using crop coefficients and the eddy covariance method. Hydrological Processes doi: 10.1002/hyp.9958

Migliaccio, K.W., M.D. Dukes, N.A. Dobbs, K.T. Morgan, and Y.C. Li. 2014. Closure to “Interactive irrigation tool for simulating smart irrigation technologies in lawn turf” by Nicole A. Dobbs, Kati W. Migliaccio, Michael D. Dukes, Kelly T. Morgan, and Yuncong Li. September 2013, Vol. 139, No. 9, pp.747-754, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000612. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering accepted

Moorhead, J.E., Gowda, P., Marek, T.H., Porter, D.O., Howell, T.A., Singh, V.P., Stewart, B. 2014. Use of crop-specific drought indices for determining irrigation demand in the Texas High Plains. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 29(6):905-916.

Moorhead, Jerry E., Prasanna H. Gowda, Thomas H. Marek, Dana O. Porter, Terry A. Howell, Vijay Singh, and Bob A. Stewart. 2014. Use of Crop-Specific Drought Indices for Determining Irrigation Demand in the Texas High Plains. [Poster] 2014 Annual Meeting of the USDA-ARS Ogallala Aquifer Program. Lubbock, TX. 03/25/14 – 03/26/14.

Moorhead, Jerry, Prasanna Gowda, Gary Marek, Dana Porter, Thomas Marek, Terry Howell. 2014. Spatial variability in sensitivity coefficients of grass and alfalfa reference evapotranspiration in the Texas High Plains. ASABE Paper 1873948. International Symposium, “Evapotranspiration: Challenges in Measurement and Modeling from Leaf to the Landscape Scale and Beyond.” American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. April 7-10, 2014. Raleigh, NC.

Moorhead, Jerry, Prasanna Gowda, George Paul, Mike Hobbins, Gabriel Senay, Thomas Marek, and Dana Porter. 2014. Accuracy assessment of NOAA’s reference evapotranspiration maps in the Texas High Plains. ASABE Paper 1873929. International Symposium, “Evapotranspiration: Challenges in Measurement and Modeling from Leaf to the Landscape Scale and Beyond.” American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. April 7-10, 2014. Raleigh, NC.

Mullenix, D.K., Adhikari,, S., Runge, M., McDonald, T., Son, A., Dougherty, M. and J.P. Fulton. 2014. Small-Scale Biodiesel Production: A Case Study of On-Farm Economics. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 30(4): 585-592. (doi: 10.13031/aea.30.10285).

Nuti, R.C., G.D. Collins,, D.L. Jordan, T. Corbett, J.E. Lanier, K.L. Edmisten, R. Wells, and G.L. Grabow, 2012. Cotton response to sub-surface drip irrigation, planting date, cultivar, and mepiquat chloride. Crop Management doi:10.1094/CM-2012-0319-01-RS.

O'Shaughnessy, S.A., S.R. Evett and P.D. Colaizzi. 2014a. Infrared thermometry as a tool for site-specific irrigation scheduling. Pp. 136-145 In Proc. 26th Annual Central Plains Irrigation Conf., Burlington, CO., February 25-26, 2014. (proceedings)

O'Shaughnessy, S.A., S.R. Evett, P.D. Colaizzi, J.A. Tolk and T.A. Howell. 2014b. Early and later maturing grain sorghum under variable climatic conditions in the Texas High Plains. Submitted to Trans. ASABE, 9-20-2013. Accepted 16 September 2014.

Paul, George, P.H. Gowda, P. Prasad, T.A. Howell, T. Marek. Comprehensive lysimetric evaluation and sensitivity analysis of METRIC with high resolution airborne imagery. ASABE Paper 1880998. International Symposium, “Evapotranspiration: Challenges in Measurement and Modeling from Leaf to the Landscape Scale and Beyond.” American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. April 7-10, 2014. Raleigh, NC.

Porter, Dana and Thomas Marek. 2014. Guide to Crop Water Use Estimates from the Texas High Plains Evapotranspiration Network: Water Management Website. Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Amarillo, Texas. 13 pp.

Porter, Dana, Thomas Marek, Prasanna Gowda, Dan Rogers. 2014. Irrigation and Water Management Education: Technology Transfer to Increase Impact of the Ogallala Aquifer Program. [Poster] 2014 Annual Meeting of the USDA-ARS Ogallala Aquifer Program. Lubbock, TX. 03/25/14 – 03/26/14.

Porter, Dana. 2013. Irrigation Management in an Integrated Cotton Production System. Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio, TX, January 8, 2013.
Porter, Dana. 2014. Using soil moisture to improve irrigation management. June 2014. The Cross Section, December 2013. High Plains Underground Water Conservation District, Lubbock, TX.

Reba, M.L. 2014. Preserving water resources for agriculture in the Lower Mississippi River Basin. Presented at The Sino-US Workshop on Water Use Efficiency, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling, China, 12 Sept. 2014.

Reba, M.L., T.G. Teague, and E.D. Vories. 2014. A retrospective review of cotton irrigation on a production farm in the Mid-South. Journal of Cotton Science. 18:137-144.

Reyes-Cabrera, J., L. Zotarelli, D. L. Rowland, M. D. Dukes, and S. A. Sargent. 2014. Drip as alternative irrigation method for potato in Florida sandy soils. American Journal of Potato Research.

Rijal, S., X. Zhang, and X. Jia. 2013. Estimating surface soil moisture in the Red River Valley of the North Basin using Landsat 5 TM data. Soil Science Society of American Journal 77:1133-1143.

Rutland, D. C. and M. D. Dukes. 2014. Accuracy of reference evapotranspiration estimation by two irrigation controllers in a humid climate. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering140(6):04014011.

Sinclair, T. R., B. G. Wherley, M. D. Dukes, and S. E. Cathey. 2014. Penman's sink-strength model as an improved approach to estimating plant canopy transpiration. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 197:136-141.

Smith, Ron. 2014. Evolving irrigation technology improves efficiency and yields. Southwest Farm Press, April 3, 2014.

Steele, D.D. 2014. Evapotranspiration mapping. Water Spouts 277(September):2-3. Fargo: N. Dak. St. Univ. Ext. Serv.

Steele, D.D., B.P. Thoreson, D.G. Hopkins, B.A. Clark, S.R. Tuscherer, and R. Gautam. 2014. Spatial mapping of evapotranspiration over Devils Lake basin with SEBAL: Application to flood mitigation via irrigation of agricultural crops. Irrigation Science (in press). DOI: 10.1007/s00271-014-0445-1. Available at http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/s00271-014-0445-1.

Steele, D.D., S.R. Tuscherer, and H. Buyukcangaz. 2014. Evapotranspiration mapping tutorial for North Dakota. Instruction set submitted to the ND State Water Commission, 76 pp. Fargo: NDSU ABEN Dept.

Steele, D.D., T.F. Scherer, F.A. Akyuz, A. Wamono, T.M. DeSutter, and S.R. Tuscherer. 2014. Evaluation of a low-cost optical rain sensor. Paper No. SD14-063. St. Joseph, Michigan: ASABE.

Stone, K.C. 2014. Potential water conservation using site-specific irrigation. Presented at the special session, “China Ministry of Science and Technology-USDA Water-Saving Technology Flagship Project Workshop”, of the 18th World Congress of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering), Sept. 2014.

Stone, K.C. 2014. Water conservation in the humid southeastern US. Presented at The Sino-US Workshop on Water Use Efficiency, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling, China, 12 Sept. 2014.

Sui, R. 2014. Soil moisture monitoring using wireless sensor network. Presented at the special session, “China Ministry of Science and Technology-USDA Water-Saving Technology Flagship Project Workshop”, of the 18th World Congress of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering), Sept. 2014.

Sui, R. 2014. Variable-rate irrigation for improving water use efficiency. Presented at The Sino-US Workshop on Water Use Efficiency, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling, China, 12 Sept. 2014.

Taghvaeian, S., J.L. Chavez, W.C. Bausch, K.C. DeJonge, T.J. Trout. 2014a. Minimizing instrumentation requirement for estimating crop water stress index and transpiration of maize. Irr. Sci. 32:53-65. DOI 10.1007/soo271-013-0415-z.

Taghvaeian, S., L.H. Comas, K.C. DeJonge, T.J. Trout. 2014b. Conventional and simplified canopy temperature indices predict water stress in sunflower. Ag Water Man. 144:69-80.

Trout, T.J. 2014. ARS water productivity research in the U.S. Central Plains: Measuring crop response to water stress. Presented at the special session, “China Ministry of Science and Technology-USDA Water-Saving Technology Flagship Project Workshop”, of the 18th World Congress of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering), Sept. 2014.

Trout, T.J. 2014. ARS water productivity research in the U.S. Central Plains: Measuring crop response to water stress. Presented at The Sino-US Workshop on Water Use Efficiency, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling, China, 12 Sept. 2014.

Trout, T.J., F. Melton and L. Johnson. 2014. A web-based tool that combines satellite and weather station observations to support irrigation scheduling. Pp. 126-135 In Proc. 26th Annual Central Plains Irrigation Conf., Burlington, CO., February 25-26, 2014. (proceedings)

Vellidis, G., Tucker, M., Perry, C., Reckford, D, Butts, C., Henry, H., Liakos, V., Hill, R.W., and Edwards, W. 2013. A soil moisture sensor-based variable rate irrigation scheduling system. In: J.V. Stafford (Ed.), Precision Agriculture 2013 - Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Precision Agriculture (9ECPA), Lleida, Spain, p.713-720. doi: 10.3920/978-90-8686-778-3

Vellidis, G., V. Liakos, C. Perry, M. Tucker, G. Collins, J. Snider, J. Andreis, K. Migliaccio, C. Fraisse, K. Morgan, D. Rowland, E. Barnes. 2014. A smartphone app for scheduling irrigation on cotton. In S. Boyd, M. Huffman and B. Robertson (eds) Proceedings of the 2014 Beltwide Cotton Conference, New Orleans, LA, National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN (paper 15551).

Vories, E.D. 2014. Impact of soil variability on irrigated cotton yield. Presented at the special session, “China Ministry of Science and Technology-USDA Water-Saving Technology Flagship Project Workshop”, of the 18th World Congress of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering), Sept. 2014.

Vories, E.D. 2014. Reducing water use for rice production with remote monitoring and control. Presented at The Sino-US Workshop on Water Use Efficiency, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling, China, 12 Sept. 2014.

Vories, E.D. and S.R. Evett. 2014. Irrigation challenges in the sub-humid US Mid-South. Int. J. Water 8(3):259-274.

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See Attached

10/27/2014

Seminars/workshops/talks

 

Chávez, J.L. 2014. “Implementation of Deficit Irrigation Regimes: Demonstration and Outreach.” Field Day at research and demonstration fields, Greeley, CO, August 8, 2014. Oral presentations at deficit and full irrigated corn plots and posters session, for farmers, conservation and irrigation districts and consultants.

 

Evapotranspiration (ET) and Irrigation Scheduling webinar, Lubbock, TX, June 10, 2014. Webinar training for County Extension Agents.

 

High Plains Irrigation Conference and Trade Show, Amarillo, TX, January 16, 2014. CEUs provided for Irrigation Association (IA) Certified Irrigation Designers (CID), Certified Agricultural Irrigation Specialists (CAIS) and American Society of Agronomy Certified Crop Advisers (CCA).

 

Irrigation Management in Cotton Production Systems, Lubbock, TX, September 15, 2014. Webinar training for County Extension Agents.

 

 

Irrigation Management in High Plains Cotton Production Systems. Two invited seminars, Lubbock, TX, September 10, 2013 and September 16, 2013.

 

Porter, Dana. 2014. “Crop Water Use Estimates from the Texas High Plains ET Network Water Management Website.” Panhandle Regional Water Planning Group Meeting, Amarillo, TX. May 20, 2014.

 

Porter, Dana. 2014. "Irrigation Technology Decisions: Microirrigation." Texas Panhandle-High Plains Water Conservation Symposium. Amarillo, TX. February 12, 2014.

 

Porter, Dana. 2013. "Agricultural Irrigation Challenges, Opportunities, and Observations." Netafim Global Commodities Conference. Lubbock, TX. September 30, 2013.

 

 

Publications

 

Fulton, et. al., Progress with Measuring and Utilizing Crop Evapotranspiration (ETc) in Walnut. January 2014, Walnut Research Reports, California Walnut Board.

 

Howitt, R., et.al. Economic Analysis of the 2014 Drought for California Agriculture. July 2014. Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California Davis.

 

Johnson, B. Alfalfa shows ability to survive on deficit irrigation (Extension biometeorology specialist, displays an instrument that provides weather data to farmers). Aug. 2014. Ag Alert.  

 

Grabow, G.L., I. E. Ghali , R. L. Huffman , G. L. Miller , D. Bowman , and A. Vasanth. 2013. Water Application Efficiency and Adequacy of ET-Based and Soil-Moisture-Based Irrigation Controllers for Turfgrass Irrigation. J. Irrig. Drainage Engr. 39(2):113-123.

 

Liu, Z., G.L. Grabow, R.L. Huffman, J. Osborne, and R.O. Evans. 2012. Factors Affecting Uniformity of Irrigation-Type Manure Application Systems. Applied Eng. in Agric. 28(1).

 

Ghali, I.E. , G. L. Miller, G. L. Grabow, and R. L. Huffman. 2012. Using Variability within Digital Images to Improve Tall Fescue Color Characterization. Crop Science (52):2365-2374.

 

Nuti, R.C., G.D. Collins,, D.L. Jordan, T. Corbett, J.E. Lanier, K.L. Edmisten, R. Wells, and G.L. Grabow, 2012. Cotton response to sub-surface drip irrigation, planting date, cultivar, and mepiquat chloride. Crop Management doi:10.1094/CM-2012-0319-01-RS.

 

Developed material for a 6 hour training workshop on “Irrigation Systems and Water Management” Sections include “Irrigation System Performance and Calibration”, “Fertigation Basics”, “Soil Water Sensors”, “Irrigation Scheduling” and “New Technologies”

Developed “Irrigation Design Basics and Smart Controller Insights and Updates” 6 hour course (CEUs)for Licensed NC Irrigation Contractor Training

Migliaccio, K.W., M.D. Dukes, N.A. Dobbs, K.T. Morgan, and Y.C. Li. 2014. Closure to “Interactive irrigation tool for simulating smart irrigation technologies in lawn turf” by Nicole A. Dobbs, Kati W. Migliaccio, Michael D. Dukes, Kelly T. Morgan, and Yuncong Li. September 2013, Vol. 139, No. 9, pp.747-754, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000612. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering accepted

Migliaccio, K.W. and B. Shoemaker 2014. Estimation of urban subtropical bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum) evapotranspiration using crop coefficients and the eddy covariance method. Hydrological Processes doi: 10.1002/hyp.9958

Dobbs, N.A., K.W. Migliaccio, Y.C. Li, M.D. Dukes and K.T. Morgan. 2014. Evaluating irrigation applied and nitrogen leached using different smart irrigation technologies on bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum). Irrigation Science 32:193-203.

Dobbs, N.A. , K.W. Migliaccio, M.D. Dukes, K.T. Morgan and Y.C. Li. 2013. Interactive Irrigation Tool for Simulating Smart Irrigation Technologies in Lawn Turf. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 139(9):747-754.

Gowda, Prasanna, Dana Porter, Thomas Marek, Jerry Moorhead, Daniel Holman, George Paul, and Paul Colaizzi. 2014. Bushland evapotranspiration and agricultural remote sensing system. ASABE Paper 1887641. International Symposium, “Evapotranspiration: Challenges in Measurement and Modeling from Leaf to the Landscape Scale and Beyond.” American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. April 7-10, 2014. Raleigh, NC.

Gowda, Prasanna, Terry Howell, Dana Porter, and Thomas Marek. 2014. Bushland reference ET calculator. ASABE Paper 1887642. International Symposium, “Evapotranspiration: Challenges in Measurement and Modeling from Leaf to the Landscape Scale and Beyond.” American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. April 7-10, 2014. Raleigh, NC.

Marek, Gary, P.H. Gowda, and S.R. Evett. 2014. Calibration and validation of SWAT evapotranspiration estimates for irrigated crops in the Texas High Plains using lysimetric data. ASABE Paper No. 1872959. International Symposium, “Evapotranspiration: Challenges in Measurement and Modeling from Leaf to the Landscape Scale and Beyond.” American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. April 7-10, 2014. Raleigh, NC.

Marek, Thomas, Dana Porter, Prasanna Gowda, Terry Howell, Jerry Moorhead, and Gary Marek. 2014. Evaluating alternative meteorological data sources for potential use in irrigation management. ASABE Paper 1880246. International Symposium, “Evapotranspiration: Challenges in Measurement and Modeling from Leaf to the Landscape Scale and Beyond.” American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. April 7-10, 2014. Raleigh, NC.

Moorhead, Jerry, Prasanna Gowda, George Paul, Mike Hobbins, Gabriel Senay, Thomas Marek, and Dana Porter. 2014. Accuracy assessment of NOAA’s reference evapotranspiration maps in the Texas High Plains. ASABE Paper 1873929. International Symposium, “Evapotranspiration: Challenges in Measurement and Modeling from Leaf to the Landscape Scale and Beyond.” American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. April 7-10, 2014. Raleigh, NC.

Moorhead, Jerry, Prasanna Gowda, Gary Marek, Dana Porter, Thomas Marek, Terry Howell. 2014. Spatial variability in sensitivity coefficients of grass and alfalfa reference evapotranspiration in the Texas High Plains. ASABE Paper 1873948. International Symposium, “Evapotranspiration: Challenges in Measurement and Modeling from Leaf to the Landscape Scale and Beyond.” American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. April 7-10, 2014. Raleigh, NC.

Paul, George, P.H. Gowda, P. Prasad, T.A. Howell, T. Marek. Comprehensive lysimetric evaluation and sensitivity analysis of METRIC with high resolution airborne imagery. ASABE Paper 1880998. International Symposium, “Evapotranspiration: Challenges in Measurement and Modeling from Leaf to the Landscape Scale and Beyond.” American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. April 7-10, 2014. Raleigh, NC.

Aguilar, J, D. Rogers, N. Klocke, L. Stone, D. Porter, and I. Kisekka. 2014. Web-based Planning and Water Management Tools for Producers. [Poster] 2014 Annual Meeting of the USDA-ARS Ogallala Aquifer Program. Lubbock, TX. 03/25/14 – 03/26/14.

Bordovsky, James P., Joe T. Mustian, David Winters, Dana Porter, Calvin Trostle, and Dick Auld. 2014. Cotton Response in Non-Traditional Crop Rotations at Low Irrigation Levels (Results from First Year of a Complete 3-Year Rotation). [Poster] 2014 Annual Meeting of the USDA-ARS Ogallala Aquifer Program. Lubbock, TX. 03/25/14 – 03/26/14.

Gowda, Prasanna H., Jerry E. Moorhead, Daniel E. Holman, Dana O. Porter, Thomas Marek, George Paul, Paul Colaizzi, Terry A. Howell. 2014. Bushland Evapotranspiration and Agricultural Remote Sensing System (BEARS). [Poster] 2014 Annual Meeting of the USDA-ARS Ogallala Aquifer Program. Lubbock, TX. 03/25/14 – 03/26/14.

Gowda, Prasanna H., Jerry E. Moorhead, Daniel E. Holman, Thomas Marek, Dana O. Porter, Terry A. Howell. 2014. Bushland Reference ET Calculator with QA/QC Capabilities and an iPhone/iPad Application. [Poster] 2014 Annual Meeting of the USDA-ARS Ogallala Aquifer Program. Lubbock, TX. 03/25/14 – 03/26/14.

Holman, Daniel, David Pointer, Patrick Porter, Danny Rogers, and Dana Porter. 2014. iOS Application Development for the Ogallala Aquifer Program: Useful Tools for Water and Irrigation Management. [Poster] 2014 Annual Meeting of the USDA-ARS Ogallala Aquifer Program. Lubbock, TX. 03/25/14 – 03/26/14.

Moorhead, Jerry E., Prasanna H. Gowda, Thomas H. Marek, Dana O. Porter, Terry A. Howell, Vijay Singh, and Bob A. Stewart. 2014. Use of Crop-Specific Drought Indices for Determining Irrigation Demand in the Texas High Plains. [Poster] 2014 Annual Meeting of the USDA-ARS Ogallala Aquifer Program. Lubbock, TX. 03/25/14 – 03/26/14.

Porter, Dana, Thomas Marek, Prasanna Gowda, Dan Rogers. 2014. Irrigation and Water Management Education: Technology Transfer to Increase Impact of the Ogallala Aquifer Program. [Poster] 2014 Annual Meeting of the USDA-ARS Ogallala Aquifer Program. Lubbock, TX. 03/25/14 – 03/26/14.

Porter, Dana. 2013. Irrigation Management in an Integrated Cotton Production System. Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio, TX, January 8, 2013.

Gowda, P., Marek, T., Porter, D.O., Howell, T.A., Paul, G., Colaizzi, P.D. 2013. An integrated framework of operational ET remote sensing program for irrigation management the Texas High Plains [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. Paper No.65-6.

Howell, Terry A., Prasanna H. Gowda, Paul D. Colaizzi, Thomas H. Marek, and Dana O. Porter. 2013. Evapotranspiration (ET) – Measurement, Modeling, Mapping and Technology Transfer. 75th Anniversary USDA-ARS-CPRL (Bushland). Amarillo, TX, August 29, 2013.

Holman, Daniel, Mohan Sridharan, Prasanna Gowda, Dana Porter, Thomas Marek, Terry Howell, and Jerry Moorhead. 2013. Estimating reference evapotranspiration for irrigation management in the Texas High Plains. (Refereed Proceedings) Proc. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Beijing, China, August 3-9, 2013.

Porter, Dana and Thomas Marek. 2014. Guide to Crop Water Use Estimates from the Texas High Plains Evapotranspiration Network: Water Management Website. Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Amarillo, Texas. 13 pp.

Porter, Dana. 2014. Using soil moisture to improve irrigation management. June 2014. The Cross Section, December 2013. High Plains Underground Water Conservation District, Lubbock, TX.

Smith, Ron. 2014. Evolving irrigation technology improves efficiency and yields. Southwest Farm Press, April 3, 2014.

Fox, Adeline. 2013. High Plains Ag Conference: Irrigation efficiency essential. The Cross Section, December 2013. High Plains Underground Water Conservation District, Lubbock, TX.

Burns, Robert. 2013. Expert: Irrigated crops on the High Plains ‘all over the map’. Texas A&M AgriLife press release July 16, 2013.

Gowda, Prasanna H., Terry A. Howell, George Paul, Paul D. Colaizzi, Thomas H. Marek, Bob Su, Karen S. Copeland. 2013. Deriving hourly evapotranspiration rates with SEBS: a lysimetric evaluation. Special Section: Remote Sensing for Vadose Zone Hydrology. Vadose Zone Journal. July 2011.

Holman, Daniel, Mohan Shridharan, Prasanna Gowda, Dana Porter, Thomas Marek, Terry Howell, and Jerry Moorhead. 2013. Gaussian Process Predictive Models for Reference ET Estimation from Alternative Meteorological Data Sources.” Journal of Hydrology. 05/2014; DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.05.001

Irmak, Suat, Denis Mutiibwa, Jose Payero, Thomas Marek, Dana Porter. 2013. Modeling soybean canopy resistance from micrometeorological
and plant variables for estimating evapotranspiration using one-step Penman–Monteith approach. Journal of Hydrology 507 (2013) 1-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.10.008

Marek, Gary, S.R. Evett, P.H. Gowda, T.A. Howell, K.S. Copeland, R.L. Baumhardt. 2014. Post-processing techniques for reducing errors in weighing lysimeter evaptranspiration (ET) datasets. Transactions of the ASABE. 57(2):499-515.

Moorhead, J.E., Gowda, P., Marek, T.H., Porter, D.O., Howell, T.A., Singh, V.P., Stewart, B. 2014. Use of crop-specific drought indices for determining irrigation demand in the Texas High Plains. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 29(6):905-916.

Evett, S.R., P.D. Colaizzi, S.A. O'Shaughnessy, F.R. Lamm, T.J. Trout and W.L. Kranz. 2014a. The future of irrigation on the U.S. Great Plains. Pp. 2-25 In Proc. 26th Annual Central Plains Irrigation Conf., Burlington, CO., February 25-26, 2014. (proceedings)

Evett, S.R., P.D. Colaizzi, R.C. Schwartz and S.A. O'Shaughnessy. 2014b. Soil water sensing - Focus on variable rate irrigation. Pp. 99-109 In Proc. 26th Annual Central Plains Irrigation Conf., Burlington, CO., February 25-26, 2014. (proceedings)

 Lopez-Urrea, R., A. Montoro, T.J. Trout.  2014.  Consumptive water use and crop coefficients of irrigated sunflower.  Irr Sci. 32:99-109.  DOI 10.1007/s00271-013-0418-9.

 Marek, G.W., S.R. Evett, P.H. Gowda, T.A. Howell, K.S. Copeland, and R.L. Baumhardt. 2014. Post-processing techniques for reducing errors in weighing lysimeter evapotranspiration (ET) datasets. Trans. ASABE 17(2):499-515.

 O'Shaughnessy, S.A., S.R. Evett and P.D. Colaizzi. 2014a. Infrared thermometry as a tool for site-specific irrigation scheduling. Pp. 136-145 In Proc. 26th Annual Central Plains Irrigation Conf., Burlington, CO., February 25-26, 2014. (proceedings)

 O'Shaughnessy, S.A., S.R. Evett, P.D. Colaizzi, J.A. Tolk and T.A. Howell. 2014b. Early and later maturing grain sorghum under variable climatic conditions in the Texas High Plains. Submitted to Trans. ASABE, 9-20-2013. Accepted 16 September 2014.

 Reba, M.L., T.G. Teague, and E.D. Vories.  2014.  A retrospective review of cotton irrigation on a production farm in the Mid-South.  Journal of Cotton Science. 18:137-144.

 Taghvaeian, S., J.L. Chavez, W.C. Bausch, K.C. DeJonge, T.J. Trout.  2014a.  Minimizing instrumentation requirement for estimating crop water stress index and transpiration of maize.  Irr. Sci. 32:53-65.  DOI 10.1007/soo271-013-0415-z.

 Taghvaeian, S., L.H. Comas, K.C. DeJonge, T.J. Trout. 2014b.  Conventional and simplified canopy temperature indices predict water stress in sunflower.  Ag Water Man. 144:69-80.

 Trout, T.J., F. Melton and L. Johnson. 2014. A web-based tool that combines satellite and weather station observations to support irrigation scheduling. Pp. 126-135 In Proc. 26th Annual Central Plains Irrigation Conf., Burlington, CO., February 25-26, 2014. (proceedings)

 Vories, E.D. and S.R. Evett. 2014. Irrigation challenges in the sub-humid US Mid-South. Int. J. Water 8(3):259-274.

 Bronson, K.F. 2014. Advancing irrigation efficiency in the arid southwest USA. Presented at the special session, “China Ministry of Science and Technology-USDA Water-Saving Technology Flagship Project Workshop”, of the 18th World Congress of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering), Sept. 2014.

 Bronson, K.F. 2014. Advancing irrigation efficiency in the arid southwest USA. Presented at The Sino-US Workshop on Water Use Efficiency, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling, China, 12 Sept. 2014.

 Evett, S.R. 2014. Enhancing water use efficiency with plant feedback irrigation control: the case for sorghum. Presented at the special session, “China Ministry of Science and Technology-USDA Water-Saving Technology Flagship Project Workshop”, of the 18th World Congress of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering), Sept. 2014.

 Evett, S.R. 2014. Water saving technologies in U.S. Irrigation. Presented at The Sino-US Workshop on Water Use Efficiency, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling, China, 12 Sept. 2014.

 French, A., D. Hunsaker, K. Thorp and J. White. 2013. Monitoring sprinkler irrigated wheat and camelina canopy temperatures with a wireless sensor network. Presented at the session ‘Wireless Technologies and Innovations To Meet Food, Water, and Energy Challenges’:  ASA 2013 Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL.

 Hunsaker, D.H., A.N. French, and K.R. Thorp. 2014. Cotton Irrigation Scheduling using Soil Water Depletion Estimates of Small-Zones in Large Fields. Presented at the 2014 Beltwide Cotton Conference, New Orleans, La, January 5, 2014.

 Stone, K.C. 2014. Potential water conservation using site-specific irrigation. Presented at the special session, “China Ministry of Science and Technology-USDA Water-Saving Technology Flagship Project Workshop”, of the 18th World Congress of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering), Sept. 2014.

 Reba, M.L. 2014. Preserving water resources for agriculture in the Lower Mississippi River Basin. Presented at The Sino-US Workshop on Water Use Efficiency, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling, China, 12 Sept. 2014.

 Stone, K.C. 2014. Water conservation in the humid southeastern US. Presented at The Sino-US Workshop on Water Use Efficiency, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling, China, 12 Sept. 2014.

 Sui, R. 2014. Soil moisture monitoring using wireless sensor network. Presented at the special session, “China Ministry of Science and Technology-USDA Water-Saving Technology Flagship Project Workshop”, of the 18th World Congress of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering), Sept. 2014.

 Sui, R. 2014. Variable-rate irrigation for improving water use efficiency. Presented at The Sino-US Workshop on Water Use Efficiency, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling, China, 12 Sept. 2014.

 Trout, T.J. 2014. ARS water productivity research in the U.S. Central Plains: Measuring crop response to water stress. Presented at the special session, “China Ministry of Science and Technology-USDA Water-Saving Technology Flagship Project Workshop”, of the 18th World Congress of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering), Sept. 2014.

 Trout, T.J. 2014. ARS water productivity research in the U.S. Central Plains: Measuring crop response to water stress. Presented at The Sino-US Workshop on Water Use Efficiency, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling, China, 12 Sept. 2014.

 Vories, E.D. 2014. Impact of soil variability on irrigated cotton yield. Presented at the special session, “China Ministry of Science and Technology-USDA Water-Saving Technology Flagship Project Workshop”, of the 18th World Congress of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering), Sept. 2014.

 Vories, E.D. 2014. Reducing water use for rice production with remote monitoring and control. Presented at The Sino-US Workshop on Water Use Efficiency, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling, China, 12 Sept. 2014.

Bhattarai, N., Dougherty, M., Marzen, L., and L. Kalin. 2014. A simple Landsat-MODIS fusion approach to monitor seasonal evapotranspiration at 30 m spatial resolution" International J. Remote Sensing (in press).

Mullenix, D.K., Adhikari,, S., Runge, M., McDonald, T., Son, A., Dougherty, M. and J.P. Fulton. 2014. Small-Scale Biodiesel Production: A Case Study of On-Farm Economics. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 30(4): 585-592. (doi: 10.13031/aea.30.10285).

He, J., Dougherty, M., and A. AbdelGadir. 2013. Numerical assisted assessment of vadose-zone nitrogen transport under a soil moisture controlled wastewater SDI dispersal system in a Vertisol. Ecological Engineering (53):28-234.

Vellidis, G., V. Liakos, C. Perry, M. Tucker, G. Collins, J. Snider, J. Andreis, K. Migliaccio, C. Fraisse, K. Morgan, D. Rowland, E. Barnes. 2014. A smartphone app for scheduling irrigation on cotton. In S. Boyd, M. Huffman and B. Robertson (eds) Proceedings of the 2014 Beltwide Cotton Conference, New Orleans, LA, National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN (paper 15551).

Vellidis, G., Tucker, M., Perry, C., Reckford, D, Butts, C., Henry, H., Liakos, V., Hill, R.W., and Edwards, W. 2013. A soil moisture sensor-based variable rate irrigation scheduling system. In: J.V. Stafford (Ed.), Precision Agriculture 2013 - Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Precision Agriculture (9ECPA), Lleida, Spain, p.713-720. doi: 10.3920/978-90-8686-778-3

Sinclair, T. R., B. G. Wherley, M. D. Dukes, and S. E. Cathey. 2014. Penman's sink-strength model as an improved approach to estimating plant canopy transpiration. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 197:136-141.

Davis, S. and M. Dukes. 2014. Methodologies for Successful Implementation of Smart Irrigation Controllers. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 04014055.

Reyes-Cabrera, J., L. Zotarelli, D. L. Rowland, M. D. Dukes, and S. A. Sargent. 2014. Drip as alternative irrigation method for potato in Florida sandy soils. American Journal of Potato Research.

Dobbs, N. A., K. W. Migliaccio, Y. Li, M. D. Dukes, and K. T. Morgan. 2014. Evaluating irrigation applied and nitrogen leached using different smart irrigation technologies on bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum). Irrigation Science 32(3):193-203.

Boyer, M. J., M. D. Dukes, L. J. Young, and S. Wang. 2014. Irrigation conservation of Florida-Friendly Landscaping based on water billing data. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 04014037.

Dobbs, N.A., K.W. Migliaccio, Y. Li, M.D. Dukes, and K.T. Morgan. 2014. Evaluating irrigation applied and nitrogen leached using different smart irrigation technologies on bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum). Irrigation Science 32(3):193-203.

Rutland, D. C. and M. D. Dukes. 2014. Accuracy of reference evapotranspiration estimation by two irrigation controllers in a humid climate. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering140(6):04014011.

Davis, S. L. and M. D. Dukes. 2014. Irrigation of residential landscapes using the Toro Intelli-Sense controller in southwest Florida. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering140(3):04013020.

Steele, D.D., B.P. Thoreson, D.G. Hopkins, B.A. Clark, S.R. Tuscherer, and R. Gautam. 2014. Spatial mapping of evapotranspiration over Devils Lake basin with SEBAL: Application to flood mitigation via irrigation of agricultural crops. Irrigation Science (in press). DOI: 10.1007/s00271-014-0445-1. Available at http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/s00271-014-0445-1.

Steele, D.D. 2014. Evapotranspiration mapping. Water Spouts 277(September):2-3. Fargo: N. Dak. St. Univ. Ext. Serv.

Steele, D.D., S.R. Tuscherer, and H. Buyukcangaz. 2014. Evapotranspiration mapping tutorial for North Dakota. Instruction set submitted to the ND State Water Commission, 76 pp. Fargo: NDSU ABEN Dept.

Steele, D.D., T.F. Scherer, F.A. Akyuz, A. Wamono, T.M. DeSutter, and S.R. Tuscherer. 2014. Evaluation of a low-cost optical rain sensor. Paper No. SD14-063. St. Joseph, Michigan: ASABE.

Jia, X., T. F. Scherer, D. Lin, X. Zhang, and I. Rijal. 2014. Comparison of reference evapotranspiration calculations for southeastern North Dakota. Irrigation & Drainage Systems Engineering 2:112. doi:10.4172/2168-9768.1000112. 

Rijal, S., X. Zhang, and X. Jia. 2013. Estimating surface soil moisture in the Red River Valley of the North Basin using Landsat 5 TM data. Soil Science Society of American Journal 77:1133-1143.

Harmsen, E. W.,  V. H. Ramirez Builes, M. D. Dukes, X. Jia, L. R. Perez Alegria and R. E. Vasquez. 2013. “Vapor flux measurement system” In Evapotranspiration: Principles and Applications for Water Management Ed by Goyal and Harmsen. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. pgs 513-522.

Kjaersgaard, J., K. Khand, C. Hay, and X. Jia. 2014. Estimating evapotranspiration from fields with and without tile drainage using remote sensing. ASCE World Environmental & Water Resources Congress (EWRI) Annual Meeting, June 1-5, 2014, Portland, Oregon. 

Henggeler, J. 2014. Missouri’s Woodruff Irrigation Charts: Still Making Missouri Irrigators Money After All These Years. MidAmerica Farmer Grower.

Henggeler, J. 2014. Fantasy Irrigation. MidAmerica Farmer Grower.

Henggeler, J. Heat Units. 2012. MidAmerica Farmer Grower.

12/23/2016

Adhikari, Diganta,  Dan Berne, R Andres Ferreyra, Charles Hillyer, Steve Melvin, Bart Nef, R Andres. Data Exchange Standard for Precision Irrigation. 2016 Annual International Meeting of the ASABE. Orlando, FL. July 2016.

Amatya, D.M., S. Irmak, P. Gowda, G. Sun, J.E. Nettles and K.R. Douglas-Mankin. 2016. Ecosystem evapotranspiration: Challenges in measurements, estimates and modeling. Transactions of the ASABE 59(2): 555-560.

Anapalli, Saseendran S., Lajpat R. Ahuja, Prasanna H. Gowda, Liwang Ma, Gary Marek, Steven R. Evett, Terry A. Howell. 2016. Simulation of crop evapotranspiration and crop coefficients with data in weighing lysimeters. Agricultural Water Management 177 (2016) 274-283.

Bordovsky, James P., James Wall, Dana Porter, and Keith Biggers. 2015. Dashboard for Irrigation Efficiency Management. Texas A&M AgriLife Research, College Station, TX. Available at: http://twri.tamu.edu/media/629228/40-diem-81115.pdf.

Djaman, K., A.B. Balde, L. Diop, K. Futakuchi and S. Irmak. 2016. Analyses, calibration and validation of evapotranspiration models to predict grass-reference evapotranspiration in the Senegal River Delta. Journal of Hydrology 8:8294. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2016.06.003.

Gaspar, J. C. G. Henry, P. B. Francis, L. Espinoza, M. Ismanov, S. Hirsh, A. Horton and H. James.  2016. The Effects of Deep Tillage and Gypsum Amendment, Across a Range of Irrigation Deficit for Furrow Irrigated Soybeans in Three Different Arkansas Soil Types.  Arkansas Soybean Research Studies 2014. Research Series 631.  University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station.  May 2016.  pp 150-155.

Gowda, Prasanna H.,  Terry A. Howell, Jose L. Chavez, George Paul, Jerry E. Moorhead, Daniel Holman, Thomas H. Marek, Dana O. Porter, Gary H. Marek, Paul D. Colaizzi, Steve R. Evett, David K. Brauer. 2015. A decade of remote sensing and evaportranspiration research at the USDA-ARS Conservation and Production Research Laboratory. 2015 ASABE / IA Irrigation Symposium: Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Irrigation - A Tribute to the Career of Terry Howell, Sr. Conference Proceedings (doi:10.13031/irrig.20152143458).

Gowda, Prasanna, Terry Howell, Louis Baumhardt, Dana Porter, Thomas Marek, and Vinay Nangia. 2016. A user-friendly interactive tool for estimating reference ET using ASCE Standardized Penman-Monteith Equation). Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 32(3): 383-390.

Hao, B., Xue, Q., Marek, T. H., Jessup, K. E., Hou, X., Xu, W., Bynum, E. D. and Bean, B. W. (2016), Radiation-Use Efficiency, Biomass Production, and Grain Yield in Two Maize Hybrids Differing in Drought Tolerance. J Agro Crop Sci, 202: 269–280. doi:10.1111/jac.12154.

Henry, C G., Hirsh, S. L., Anders, M. M., Vories, E. D., Reba, M. L., Watkins, K.B., and Hardke, J. T. 2016. Annual Irrigation Water Use for Arkansas Rice Production. J. Irrig. Drain Eng., 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001068 , 05016006.

Henry, C. G. W. M. McDougall, and M. L. Reba.  2016.  A Study of Arkansas Irrigation Pumping Plant Efficiency.  Arkansas Soybean Research Studies 2014.  Research Series 631.  University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station.  May 2016.  pp 156-158. 

Henry, C. G., G.S. Sartori.  L. Espinoza, P. Francis, J. Gaspar, A. P. Horton, S. M. Hirsh.  2016. Deep Tillage and Gypsum Amendment on Fully, Deficit Irrigated and Dryland Soybeans.  Accepted for publication in the Agronomy Journal. 

Henry, C. G., K. B. Watkins, R. U. Mane and G. L. Stark.  2016.  Vertical Hollow Shaft Motors for Irrigation: Does Premium Efficiency Payback?  Presented at the 2016 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Orlando, Florida, July 17-20.  Paper Number 2459984.  ASABE St. Joseph, MI. 

Henry, C., C. Declerk, R. Wimberly, M. Daniels, A. Sharpley, C. Hallmark, and J. Hesselbein.  2016.  Arkansas Discovery Farms: Improving Irrigation Efficiencies in Soybean with Pipe Planner Design and a Surge Valve.  Arkansas Soybean Research Studies 2014.  Research Series 631.  University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station.  May 2016.  pp 172-175

Howell, Terry, Steve Evett, Judy Tolk, Karen Copeland, and Thomas Marek. 2015. Evapotranspiration, water productivity and crop coefficients for irrigated sunflower in the U.S. Southern High Plains. Agricultural Water Management 162:33-46.

Kandpal, V. and C.G. Henry.  2016.  A Review of Improving Efficiencies in Furrow Irrigation.  Presented at the 2016 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Orlando, Florida, July 17-20.  Paper Number 2462974.  ASABE St. Joseph, MI. 

Marek, G.W., Gowda, P., Evett, S.R., Baumhardt, R.L., Brauer, D.K., Howell, T.A., Marek, T.H., Srinivasan, R. 2015. Evaluation of SWAT for estimating ET in irrigated and dryland cropping systems in the Texas High Plains. ASABE Annual International Meeting. CDROM: Paper#152141855.

Marek, G.W., Gowda, P., Evett, S.R., Baumhardt, R.L., Brauer, D.K., Howell, T.A., Marek, T.H., Srininvasan, R. 2016. Calibration and validation of the SWAT model for predicting daily ET over irrigated crops in the Texas High Plains using lysimetric data. Transactions of the ASABE. 59(2):611-622 doi:10.1303/trans.59.10926.

Marek, G.W., Gowda, P., Evett, S.R., Baumhardt, R.L., Brauer, D.K., Howell, T.A., Marek, T.H., Srininvasan, R. 2016. Estimating evapotranspiration for dryland cropping systems in the semiarid Texas High Plains using SWAT. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 52(2):298-314.

Marek, Gary, Prasanna Gowda, Thomas Marek, and David Brauer. 2016. Estimating preseason irrigation losses by characterizing evaporation of effective precipitation under bare soil conditions using large weighing lysimeters. Agricultural Water Management 169:115-128.

Marek, Gary, Prasanna H. Gowda, Thomas Marek, Brent Auvermann, Steve Evett, Paul Colaizzi, and David Brauer. 2016. Estimating preseason irrigation losses by characterizing evaporation of effective precipitation under bare soil conditions using large weighing lysimeters. Agricultural Water Management 169:115-128. May 2016.

Marek, Gary, Prasanna H. Gowda, Thomas Marek, Dana Porter, Louis Baumhardt, and David Brauer. 2016. Modeling long-term water use of irrigated cropping rotations in the Texas High Plains using SWAT. Irrigation Science, September, 2016.

Moorhead, J.E., Gowda, P., Hobbins, M.T., Senay, G.B., Paul, G., Marek, T.H., Porter, D.O. 2015. Accuracy assessment of NOAA gridded daily reference evapotranspiration for the Texas High Plains. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 51(5):1262-1271. DOI: 10.1111/1752-1688.

Moorhead, Jerry, Prasanna Gowda, Gary Marek, Dana Porter and Thomas Marek. 2016. Spatial uniformity in sensitivity coefficient of reference ET in the Texas High Plains. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, Vol. 32(2): 263-269  

Moorhead, Jerry. 2015. Lysimetric Evaluation of Eddy Covariance and Scintillometer Systems for the Texas High Plains. Dissertation for completion of a Doctor of Philosophy Degree, Texas Tech University Department of Plant and Soil Science, Lubbock, TX. (Graduate committee: Stephen Maas, Prasanna Gowda, Glenn Ritchie, Chuck West, Thomas Marek, Dana Porter, and Mark Sheridan).

Porter, Dana O., Danny Rogers, David Brauer, Thomas H. Marek, Prasanna H. Gowda, Freddie Lamm, James Bordovsky, Terry A. Howell, Sr. 2015. Promoting Efficient Water Management through Effective Outreach Education in the High Plains and Beyond: Role of the Ogallala Aquifer Program. ASABE Paper Number 2143456. ASABE / IA Irrigation Symposium, “Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Irrigation”, Long Beach, California, November 10 – 12, 2015.

Porter, Dana, Dan Rogers, Jonathan Aguilar, Jourdan Bell, Thomas Marek, Saleh Taghvaeian, Bridget Guerrero, Gary Marek, Tiffany Dowell Lashmet, Freddie Lamm, Kay Ledbetter, Prasanna Gowda, Jim Bordovsky, 2016. OAP Technology Transfer: Educating Stakeholders in Agricultural Water Management Issues, Technologies and BMPs. USDA-ARS Ogallala Aquifer Program Annual Meeting, Amarillo, TX. March 9, 2016.

Porter, Dana, Kevin Wagner, and Victor Gutierrez. 2016. South Texas Irrigation Training Program Manual. Texas Water Resources Institute Publication EM-121. Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX.

Sharma, V., A. Kilic, and S. Irmak. 2016. Impact of scale/resolution on evapotranspiration from LANDSAT and MODIS images. Water Resources Research 52: 1-20. doi:10.1002/2015WR017772.

Sharma, V., J. Heitholt and M. A. Islam. Evapotranspiration: Basics, Terminology and its Importance. University of Wyoming Extension, B-1293.

Stevens, G., and Zach Straatmann. 2016.  Crop water use program for irrigation. University of Missouri Extension Service Bull. MP800.

Straatmann, Zachary. 2016.   Interface design and field validation of the Crop Water Use Application. MS Thesis. University of Missouri. Columbia, MO. Adviser: G Stevens.

Subedi A., J.L. Chávez, and A. Andales. 2016. "ASCE-EWRI Standardized Penman-Monteith Evapotranspiration (ET) Equation Performance in Southeastern Colorado." Agricultural Water Management. Accepted on June 30, 2016. Online publication: 24-AUG-2016. DOI information: 10.1016/j.agwat.2016.07.002. In Press.

Vories, E., W. Stevens, M. Rhine, and Z. Straatmann. 2016. Investigating irrigation scheduling for rice using variable rate irrigation.  Agric. Water Mgt. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2016.05.032

Wang, J., A.L. Kessner, C. Aegerter, A. Sharma, . Judd, B. Wardlow, J. You, M. Shulski, S. Irmak, A. Kilic, and J. Zeng, 2016. A multi-sensor view of the 2012 Central Plains drought from space. Front. Environ. Sci., 4(45): 1-13. 20 June, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2016.00045.

Weeks, W., Popp, M.P., Salmeron, M., Purcell, L., Gbur, E.E., Boruland, F.M., Buehring, N.W., Earnest, L., Fritschi, F.B., Golden, B.R., Hathcoat, D., Lofton, J., McClure, A.T., Miller, T.D., Neely, C., Shannon, G., Udeigwe, T.K., Verbree, D.A., Vories, E.D., Wiebold, W J., Purcell, L.C. 2016. Diversifying soybean production risk using maturity group and planting date choices. Agron. J. 108(5):1917-1929.

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