Water resources
Crop water demand
Estimate daily evapotranspiration, irrigation requirements, soil-water depletion, and seasonal crop demand under changing weather.
- Daily and seasonal demand
- Rainfed and irrigated systems
- Basin and regional planning
AquaCropUC Davis Global Environmental Change LabView code From process to decisions
One model.
Many questions.
AquaCrop turns daily weather, soil, crop, and management data into water-balance and crop-growth information for planning across fields, regions, and climates.
Food production
Yield and water productivity
Assess attainable and water-limited yield while tracing how transpiration becomes biomass and harvestable production.
- Yield gaps
- Water productivity
- Crop comparisons
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Climate risk
Weather and climate impacts
Test crop response to heat, drought, rainfall variability, elevated CO₂, and future climate scenarios.
- Extreme events
- Climate projections
- Adaptation pathways
Management
Irrigation strategies
Compare full, deficit, and supplemental irrigation schedules to balance yield outcomes with limited water supplies.
- Deficit irrigation
- Scheduling and timing
- Water-saving scenarios