Spatial distribution of calibrated WOFOST parameters and their influence on the performances of a regional yield forecasting system
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Article Title | Spatial distribution of calibrated WOFOST parameters and their influence on the performances of a regional yield forecasting system |
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ERA Journal ID | 201542 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Djaby, Bakary (Author), de Wit, Allard (Author), Kouadio, Louis (Author), El Jarroudi, Moussa (Author) and Tychon, Bernard (Author) |
Journal Title | Sustainable Agriculture Research |
Journal Citation | 2 (4), pp. 12-29 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2013 |
Place of Publication | Canada |
ISSN | 1927-050X |
1927-0518 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.5539/sar.v2n4p12 |
Abstract | We investigate in this study (i) a redefinition of crop variety zonations at a spatial scale of 10x10 km, and (ii) the influence of recalibrated crop parameters on regional yield forecasting of winter wheat and grain maize in western Europe. The baseline zonation and initial crop parameter set was derived from the operational European crop growth monitoring system (CGMS) which involves the agrometeorological model WOFOST. Air temperature data from 325 weather stations over the 1992-2007 period were used to define new zonations in a 300 x 300 km test site. Two parameters which influenced mostly the phenological development stages (i.e. TSUM1 and TSUM2, the effective air temperature sums from emergence to anthesis, and from anthesis to maturity, respectively) were chosen and calibrated. The CGMS was finally run based on these new recalibrated parameters and simulated crop status indicators were compared with official statistics over the 2000-2007 period. Our results showed that the days of anthesis and maturity were simulated with coefficients of determination (R2) ranging from 0.22 to 0.87 for both crops over the study site. A qualitative assessment of maximum leaf area index and harvest index also revealed a more consistent spatial pattern than the initial zonation in the simulation results. Finally, recalibrated TSUM1 and TSUM2 led to improved relationships between official yield and simulated crop indicators (significant R2 in 17 out of 28 and in 14 out of 59 NUTS3 regions with respect to the best predictor for grain maize and winter wheat, respectively). |
Keywords | WOFOST, regional scale, variety zonation, yield forecasting, winter wheat, grain maize |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 300205. Agricultural production systems simulation |
300207. Agricultural systems analysis and modelling | |
Public Notes | Copyright for this article is retained by the author(s), with first publication rights granted to the journal. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Liege, Belgium |
Wageningen University, Netherlands | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2qy8/spatial-distribution-of-calibrated-wofost-parameters-and-their-influence-on-the-performances-of-a-regional-yield-forecasting-system
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