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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-49-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-49-2024
Research article
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03 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 03 Jan 2024

How to account for irrigation withdrawals in a watershed model

Elisabeth Brochet, Youen Grusson, Sabine Sauvage, Ludovic Lhuissier, and Valérie Demarez

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This study aims to take into account irrigation withdrawals in a watershed model. The model we used combines agriculture and hydrological modeling. Two different crop models were compared, the first based on air temperature and the second based on Sentinel-2 satellite data. Results show that including remote sensing data leads to better emergence dates. Both methods allow us to simulate the daily irrigation withdrawals and downstream flow with a good accuracy, especially during low-flow periods.
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