Bushland Texas Crop Water Balance / Evapotranspiration Lysimeter Datasets
High-precision weighing-lysimeter water-balance data (15-minute and daily ET, irrigation, precipitation, dew/frost) for maize, sunflower and winter wheat at the USDA-ARS Bushland, Texas research site. A widely used ground-truth dataset for ET model validation.
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At a glance
- Region
- United States (North America)
- Coverage
- Texas High Plains
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- evapotranspiration
- irrigation
- water balance
- agriculture
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Irrigation scheduling
Decide when and how much to irrigate.
Because it has: evapotranspiration
- 02
Water accounting
Track how much water crops actually consume across a command area.
- 03
Design storms
Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Field-scale ET
Estimate crop water use per field by combining satellite and weather with ML.
- 02
Demand forecasts
Predict irrigation demand weeks ahead for canal and pump planning.
- 03
Downscaling
Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.
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