Large-scale mining practices have disturbed many natural watersheds in northern Alberta, Canada. To restore disturbed landscapes and ecosystems functions, reconstruction strategies have been adopted with the aim of establishing sustainable reclaimed lands. The success of the reconstruction process depends on the design of reconstruction strategies, which can be optimized by improving the understanding of the controlling hydrological processes in the reconstructed watersheds. Evapotranspiration is one of the important components of the hydrological cycle; its estimation and analysis are crucial for better assessment of the reconstructed landscape hydrology, and for more efficient design. The complexity of the evapotranspiration process and its variability in time and space has imposed some limitations on previously developed evapotranspiration estimation models. The vast majority of the available models estimate the rate of potential evapotranspiration, which occurs under unlimited water supply condition. However, the rate of actual evapotranspiration (AET) depends on the available soil moisture, which makes its physical modeling more complicated than the potential evapotranspiration. The main objective of this study is to estimate and analyze the AET process in a reconstructed landscape.<p> Data driven techniques can model the process without having a complete understanding of its physics. In this study, three data driven models; genetic programming (GP), artificial neural networks (ANNs), and multilinear regression (MLR), were developed and compared for estimating the hourly eddy covariance (EC)-measured AET using meteorological variables. The AET was modeled as a function of five meteorological variables: net radiation (Rn), ground temperature (Tg), air temperature (Ta), relative humidity (RH), and wind speed (Ws) in a reconstructed landscape located in northern Alberta, Canada. Several ANN models were evaluated using two training algorithms of Levenberg-Marquardt and Bayesian regularization. The GP technique was employed to generate mathematical equations correlating AET to the five meteorological variables. Furthermore, the available data were statistically analyzed to obtain MLR models and to identify the meteorological variables that have significant effect on the evapotranspiration process. The utility of the investigated data driven models was also compared with that of HYDRUS-1D model, which is a physically based model that makes use of conventional Penman-Monteith (PM) method for the prediction of AET. HYDRUS-1D model was examined for estimating AET using meteorological variables, leaf area index, and soil moisture information. Furthermore, Wavelet analysis (WA), as a multiresolution signal processing tool, was examined to improve the understanding of the available time series temporal variations, through identifying the significant cyclic features, and to explore the possible correlation between AET and the meteorological signals. WA was used with the purpose of input determination of AET models, a priori.<p> The results of this study indicated that all three proposed data driven models were able to approximate the AET reasonably well; however, GP and MLR models had better generalization ability than the ANN model. GP models demonstrated that the complex process of hourly AET can be efficiently modeled as simple semi-linear functions of few meteorological variables. The results of HYDRUS-1D model exhibited that a physically based model, such as HYDRUS-1D, might perform on par or even inferior to the data driven models in terms of the overall prediction accuracy. The developed equation-based models; GP and MLR, revealed the larger contribution of net radiation and ground temperature, compared to other variables, to the estimation of AET. It was also found that the interaction effects of meteorological variables are important for the AET modeling. The results of wavelet analysis demonstrated the presence of both small-scale (2 to 8 hours) and larger-scale (e.g. diurnal) cyclic features in most of the investigated time series. Larger-scale cyclic features were found to be the dominant source of temporal variations in the AET and most of the meteorological variables. The results of cross wavelet analysis indicated that the cause and effect relationship between AET and the meteorological variables might vary based on the time-scale of variation under consideration. At small time-scales, significant linear correlations were observed between AET and Rn, RH, and Ws time series, while at larger time-scales significant linear correlations were observed between AET and Rn, RH, Tg, and Ta time series.

Large-scale mining practices have disturbed many natural watersheds in northern Alberta, Canada. To restore disturbed landscapes and ecosystems functions, reconstruction strategies have been adopted with the aim of establishing sustainable reclaimed lands. The success of the reconstruction process depends on the design of reconstruction strategies, which can be optimized by improving the understanding of the controlling hydrological processes in the reconstructed watersheds. Evapotranspiration is one of the important components of the hydrological cycle; its estimation and analysis are crucial for better assessment of the reconstructed landscape hydrology, and for more efficient design. The complexity of the evapotranspiration process and its variability in time and space has imposed some limitations on previously developed evapotranspiration estimation models. The vast majority of the available models estimate the rate of potential evapotranspiration, which occurs under unlimited water supply condition. However, the rate of actual evapotranspiration (AET) depends on the available soil moisture, which makes its physical modeling more complicated than the potential evapotranspiration. The main objective of this study is to estimate and analyze the AET process in a reconstructed landscape.<p> Data driven techniques can model the process without having a complete understanding of its physics. In this study, three data driven models; genetic programming (GP), artificial neural networks (ANNs), and multilinear regression (MLR), were developed and compared for estimating the hourly eddy covariance (EC)-measured AET using meteorological variables. The AET was modeled as a function of five meteorological variables: net radiation (Rn), ground temperature (Tg), air temperature (Ta), relative humidity (RH), and wind speed (Ws) in a reconstructed landscape located in northern Alberta, Canada. Several ANN models were evaluated using two training algorithms of Levenberg-Marquardt and Bayesian regularization. The GP technique was employed to generate mathematical equations correlating AET to the five meteorological variables. Furthermore, the available data were statistically analyzed to obtain MLR models and to identify the meteorological variables that have significant effect on the evapotranspiration process. The utility of the investigated data driven models was also compared with that of HYDRUS-1D model, which is a physically based model that makes use of conventional Penman-Monteith (PM) method for the prediction of AET. HYDRUS-1D model was examined for estimating AET using meteorological variables, leaf area index, and soil moisture information. Furthermore, Wavelet analysis (WA), as a multiresolution signal processing tool, was examined to improve the understanding of the available time series temporal variations, through identifying the significant cyclic features, and to explore the possible correlation between AET and the meteorological signals. WA was used with the purpose of input determination of AET models, a priori.<p> The results of this study indicated that all three proposed data driven models were able to approximate the AET reasonably well; however, GP and MLR models had better generalization ability than the ANN model. GP models demonstrated that the complex process of hourly AET can be efficiently modeled as simple semi-linear functions of few meteorological variables. The results of HYDRUS-1D model exhibited that a physically based model, such as HYDRUS-1D, might perform on par or even inferior to the data driven models in terms of the overall prediction accuracy. The developed equation-based models; GP and MLR, revealed the larger contribution of net radiation and ground temperature, compared to other variables, to the estimation of AET. It was also found that the interaction effects of meteorological variables are important for the AET modeling. The results of wavelet analysis demonstrated the presence of both small-scale (2 to 8 hours) and larger-scale (e.g. diurnal) cyclic features in most of the investigated time series. Larger-scale cyclic features were found to be the dominant source of temporal variations in the AET and most of the meteorological variables. The results of cross wavelet analysis indicated that the cause and effect relationship between AET and the meteorological variables might vary based on the time-scale of variation under consideration. At small time-scales, significant linear correlations were observed between AET and Rn, RH, and Ws time series, while at larger time-scales significant linear correlations were observed between AET and Rn, RH, Tg, and Ta time series.

A evapotranspiração pode ser responsável por mais da metade da saída de água de uma bacia hidrográfica, sendo uma variável importante para o balanço hídrico e para a estimativa da recarga. Nesse sentido, objetivou-se com este trabalho analisar a evapotranspiração de referência (ETo) e real (ETr) para a região de Jaboticabal-SP, assim como verificar a influência da umidade do solo na evapotranspiração. A variação da evapotranspiração de referência foi estudada a partir da interpretação de dados de uma bateria de seis lisímetros de drenagem (EToLis) e estimativas teóricas por três equações diferentes disponíveis na literatura (Tanque Classe A, Thornthwaite e Penman Monteith FAO 56 utilizando a radiação solar global estimada, observada e todas as variáveis observadas). A evapotranspiração real foi obtida por meio de dados de uma bateria de três lisímetros operando em condições reais de campo e a partir do balanço hídrico seqüencial de Thornthwaite e Mather (1955) utilizando a evapotranspiração de referência obtida pelos três modelos teóricos. Outros três lisímetros receberam irrigações esporádicas e obtiveram-se outros valores de evapotranspiração, a fim de comparar o comportamento da evapotranspiração sob três disponibilidades de água no solo. A análise estatística de correlação indica que as estimativas da ETo por equações teóricas comparadas à EToLis medida em lisímetro de drenagem não apresentaram bons índices de comparação e erro. Admitindo que a operação dos lisímetros não permitiu a determinação da ETo com boa confiabilidade, comparou-se os métodos com a equação de Penman Monteith FAO 56 utilizando todas as variáveis observadas. Observou-se ótima correlação entre a equação de Penman Monteith FAO 56 com os modelos utilizando a radiação solar global observada e estimada e com o Tanque Classe A. No tocante à evapotranspiração real, houve boas correlações entre os valores medidos pelos lisímetros e os valores estimados pelo balanço hídrico de Thornthwaite e Mather. Melhor correlação foi verificada quando se utilizou o valor da CAD calculada em função dos parâmetros físicos do solo. Os valores de ETr obtidos através do balanço hídrico utilizando a ETo estimada por Penman Monteith utilizando a radiação solar global observada apresentou a melhor correlação com os dados lisimétricos. Com relação à variação de umidade do solo, verificou-se um comportamento distinto entre as evapotranspirações observando um aumento da ET de acordo com o aumento do número de irrigações. / The evapotranspiration can be responsible for more than the half of the water that leaves a watershed, being an important variable for the water balance and for estimating the recharge. In this direction, the objective of this study was to analyse the reference (ETo) and actual (ETr) evapotranspiration for the region of Jaboticabal-SP, Brazil, as well as to verify the influence of the soil water content in the evapotranspiration. The variation of the reference evapotranspiration was studied based on data of a battery of six drainage lysimeters (EToLis) and tree different theoretical models were used (Tanque Classe A, Thornthwaite and Penman Monteith FAO 56 using the estimated and observed global solar radiation and all the variables observed). The actual evapotranspiration data were obtained from a battery of three lysimeters operating in real field conditions and from the water balance of Thornthwaite and Mather (1955), using as reference evapotranspiration the values from the three theoretical models. Others three lysimeters received irrigation sporadically and others values of evapotranspiration were measured, in order to compare the behavior of the evapotranspiration under three availabilities soil water content. The statistical correlation analysis indicates that the estimates of ETo from theoretical equations compared to the EToLis measured in lysimeter of draining did not present good indices of comparison and error. Aware that the operation of the lysimeters did not allow the determination of the ETo with good trustworthiness, one compared the methods with the equation of Penman Monteith FAO 56 using all the observed variables. An excellent correlation was observed between the equation of Penman Monteith FAO 56 with the models using observed global solar radiation and estimated and with Tanque Classe A. Regarding actual evapotranspiration, there were good correlations between the values measured for the lysimeters and the estimated values for water balance of Thornthwaite and Mather. The values of ETr through the water balance using the ETo esteem for Penman Monteith using the observed global solar radiation presented the best correlation with the lisimeters data. Regarding to the variation of soil water content, a distinct behavior was verified between the evapotranspirations in accordance with observing an increase of the ET the increase of the irrigation number.

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Para tanto, utilizou-se o modelo Simple Algorithm for Evapotranspiration Retrieving (SAFER) para estimativa da evapotranspiração atual (ETa), resultando em uma média da bacia no período avaliado de 0,70 mm dia-1, 0,85 mm dia-1 das espécies invasoras (EI), 1,20 mm dia-1 da mata remanescente (MR), 0,70 mm dia-1 da pastagem (Pa), 0,65 mm dia-1 das culturas anuais (CA) e 0,72 mm dia-1 das culturas perenes (CP). O ano de 2003 registrou a menor média de ETa da bacia com 0,42 mm dia-1, enquanto o ano de 2015 apresentou a maior média anual do período estudado, com 1,03 mm dia-1. Destaca-se que os valores da ETa das EI equivale ao consumo de 25% da população de Santa Fé do Sul, o que traz consequências na época seca quando o recurso hídrico é mais escasso. Estes cenários exigem ações imediatas para a produção e armazenamento de água na bacia, que tem morfometria alongada, evidenciando menor risco de cheias em condições normais de pluviosidade anual. A declividade média de 5,4% caracteriza o relevo como suave-ondulado, com drenagem deficiente (1,054 km km-2). Com essas características morfométricas associadas à precipitação anual média de 1.271 mm e padrão de drenagem caracterizado como do tipo dendrítico, com baixo grau de ramificação (Ordem 3), a disponibilidade de água não deveria ser um problema, mas o é, pelo fato de que a bacia se encontra degradada com apenas 4,5% de MR, os serviços ecossistêmicos fornecidos pela vegetação natural são mínimos e insuficientes para atender a demanda de água por parte dos usuários. São necessárias a adoção de medidas de mitigação, incluindo intervenção e implementação ações como por exemplo, o pagamento por serviços ambientais, sendo uma medida urgente a preservação ou recomposição da mata ciliar. / In a scenario of climate change and land use and occupation, the watershed of Cabeceira Comprida stream, located in Santa Fé do Sul - São Paulo State, presents as degraded with thalwegs sedimented, absence of riparian forests and unprotected springs leading to the inability to generate and store water to meet current demand (population, agriculture and sanitation) in periods of drought, aggravating in prolonged droughts, such as those of 2004, 2013 and 2014 exacerbating the problem of water supply to the population. Being necessary to evaluate the behavior of above-ground water in the watershed with combined use of Landsat 5 (TM) and Landsat - 8 images (OLI and TIRS) in the period of 2000 - 2011 and 2013 - 2015 and information from agrometeorological stations. Therefore, we used the Simple Algorithm for Retrieving Evapotranspiration (SAFER) to estimate actual evapotranspiration, resulting in average basin during the study period of 0.70 mm dia-1, 0.85 mm dia-1 of invasive species (EI), 1.20 mm dia-1 of the remaining forest (MR), 0.70 mm dia-1 of pasture (Pa), 0.65 mm dia-1 of annual crops (CA) e 0.72 mm dia-1 of perennial crop (CP). The year 2003 recorded the lowest average evapotranspiration of the basin with 0.42 mm dia-1, while the year 2015 had the highest annual average in the study period with 1.03 mm dia-1. It is worth noting that the evapotranspiration of the IE corresponds to the consumption of 25% of the population of Santa Fé do Sul, which has consequences in the dry season when the water resource is scarcer, requiring immediate actions for the production and storage of water in the watershed, which has an elongated morphometry, showing a lower risk of flooding under normal annual rainfall conditions. The mean slope of 5.4% is characterized by a smooth-wavy relief with poor drainage (1.054 km km-2). With these morphometric characteristics associated to the average annual precipitation of 1,271 mm and drainage pattern characterized as dendritic type, with low degree of branching (Order 3), the availability of water should not be a problem, but it is due to the fact that the watershed is degraded with only 4.5% of remaining forest, the ecosystem services provided by natural vegetation are minimal and insufficient to meet users' water demand. It is necessary to adopt mitigation actions, including intervention and implementation actions such as payment for environmental services, being an urgent measure the preservation or restoration of the riparian forest.

Orientador: Fernando Braz Tangerino Hernandez / Resumo: Em cenários de mudanças climáticas e de uso e ocupação do solo, a bacia do córrego Cabeceira Comprida, localizada em Santa Fé do Sul - SP, se apresenta degradada com talvegues assoreados, ausência de matas ciliares e nascentes desprotegidas levando à incapacidade de gerar e armazenar água para atender a demanda atual (população, agricultura e saneamento) e em períodos de seca, agravando-se em prolongadas estiagens, como em 2004, 2013 e 2014 agravando o problema do abastecimento de água à população. Sendo assim, torna-se importante avaliar os fluxos hídricos da água acima do solo na bacia com o uso combinado de imagens de satélites Landsat 5 (TM) e Landsat-8 (OLI e TIRS) no período de 2000 - 2011 e 2013 - 2015 e informações provenientes de estações agrometeorológicas. Para tanto, utilizou-se o modelo Simple Algorithm for Evapotranspiration Retrieving (SAFER) para estimativa da evapotranspiração atual (ETa), resultando em uma média da bacia no período avaliado de 0,70 mm dia-1, 0,85 mm dia-1 das espécies invasoras (EI), 1,20 mm dia-1 da mata remanescente (MR), 0,70 mm dia-1 da pastagem (Pa), 0,65 mm dia-1 das culturas anuais (CA) e 0,72 mm dia-1 das culturas perenes (CP). O ano de 2003 registrou a menor média de ETa da bacia com 0,42 mm dia-1, enquanto o ano de 2015 apresentou a maior média anual do período estudado, com 1,03 mm dia-1. Destaca-se que os valores da ETa das EI equivale ao consumo de 25% da população de Santa Fé do Sul, o que traz consequências na época seca quand... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: In a scenario of climate change and land use and occupation, the watershed of Cabeceira Comprida stream, located in Santa Fé do Sul - São Paulo State, presents as degraded with thalwegs sedimented, absence of riparian forests and unprotected springs leading to the inability to generate and store water to meet current demand (population, agriculture and sanitation) in periods of drought, aggravating in prolonged droughts, such as those of 2004, 2013 and 2014 exacerbating the problem of water supply to the population. Being necessary to evaluate the behavior of above-ground water in the watershed with combined use of Landsat 5 (TM) and Landsat - 8 images (OLI and TIRS) in the period of 2000 - 2011 and 2013 - 2015 and information from agrometeorological stations. Therefore, we used the Simple Algorithm for Retrieving Evapotranspiration (SAFER) to estimate actual evapotranspiration, resulting in average basin during the study period of 0.70 mm dia-1, 0.85 mm dia-1 of invasive species (EI), 1.20 mm dia-1 of the remaining forest (MR), 0.70 mm dia-1 of pasture (Pa), 0.65 mm dia-1 of annual crops (CA) e 0.72 mm dia-1 of perennial crop (CP). The year 2003 recorded the lowest average evapotranspiration of the basin with 0.42 mm dia-1, while the year 2015 had the highest annual average in the study period with 1.03 mm dia-1. It is worth noting that the evapotranspiration of the IE corresponds to the consumption of 25% of the population of Santa Fé do Sul, which has consequences in the d... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

A evapotranspiração pode ser responsável por mais da metade da saída de água de uma bacia hidrográfica, sendo uma variável importante para o balanço hídrico e para a estimativa da recarga. Nesse sentido, objetivou-se com este trabalho analisar a evapotranspiração de referência (ETo) e real (ETr) para a região de Jaboticabal-SP, assim como verificar a influência da umidade do solo na evapotranspiração. A variação da evapotranspiração de referência foi estudada a partir da interpretação de dados de uma bateria de seis lisímetros de drenagem (EToLis) e estimativas teóricas por três equações diferentes disponíveis na literatura (Tanque Classe A, Thornthwaite e Penman Monteith FAO 56 utilizando a radiação solar global estimada, observada e todas as variáveis observadas). A evapotranspiração real foi obtida por meio de dados de uma bateria de três lisímetros operando em condições reais de campo e a partir do balanço hídrico seqüencial de Thornthwaite e Mather (1955) utilizando a evapotranspiração de referência obtida pelos três modelos teóricos. Outros três lisímetros receberam irrigações esporádicas e obtiveram-se outros valores de evapotranspiração, a fim de comparar o comportamento da evapotranspiração sob três disponibilidades de água no solo. A análise estatística de correlação indica que as estimativas da ETo por equações teóricas comparadas à EToLis medida em lisímetro de drenagem não apresentaram bons índices de comparação e erro. Admitindo que a operação dos lisímetros não permitiu a determinação da ETo com boa confiabilidade, comparou-se os métodos com a equação de Penman Monteith FAO 56 utilizando todas as variáveis observadas. Observou-se ótima correlação entre a equação de Penman Monteith FAO 56 com os modelos utilizando a radiação solar global observada e estimada e com o Tanque Classe A. No tocante à evapotranspiração real, houve boas correlações entre os valores medidos pelos lisímetros e os valores estimados pelo balanço hídrico de Thornthwaite e Mather. Melhor correlação foi verificada quando se utilizou o valor da CAD calculada em função dos parâmetros físicos do solo. Os valores de ETr obtidos através do balanço hídrico utilizando a ETo estimada por Penman Monteith utilizando a radiação solar global observada apresentou a melhor correlação com os dados lisimétricos. Com relação à variação de umidade do solo, verificou-se um comportamento distinto entre as evapotranspirações observando um aumento da ET de acordo com o aumento do número de irrigações. / The evapotranspiration can be responsible for more than the half of the water that leaves a watershed, being an important variable for the water balance and for estimating the recharge. In this direction, the objective of this study was to analyse the reference (ETo) and actual (ETr) evapotranspiration for the region of Jaboticabal-SP, Brazil, as well as to verify the influence of the soil water content in the evapotranspiration. The variation of the reference evapotranspiration was studied based on data of a battery of six drainage lysimeters (EToLis) and tree different theoretical models were used (Tanque Classe A, Thornthwaite and Penman Monteith FAO 56 using the estimated and observed global solar radiation and all the variables observed). The actual evapotranspiration data were obtained from a battery of three lysimeters operating in real field conditions and from the water balance of Thornthwaite and Mather (1955), using as reference evapotranspiration the values from the three theoretical models. Others three lysimeters received irrigation sporadically and others values of evapotranspiration were measured, in order to compare the behavior of the evapotranspiration under three availabilities soil water content. The statistical correlation analysis indicates that the estimates of ETo from theoretical equations compared to the EToLis measured in lysimeter of draining did not present good indices of comparison and error. Aware that the operation of the lysimeters did not allow the determination of the ETo with good trustworthiness, one compared the methods with the equation of Penman Monteith FAO 56 using all the observed variables. An excellent correlation was observed between the equation of Penman Monteith FAO 56 with the models using observed global solar radiation and estimated and with Tanque Classe A. Regarding actual evapotranspiration, there were good correlations between the values measured for the lysimeters and the estimated values for water balance of Thornthwaite and Mather. The values of ETr through the water balance using the ETo esteem for Penman Monteith using the observed global solar radiation presented the best correlation with the lisimeters data. Regarding to the variation of soil water content, a distinct behavior was verified between the evapotranspirations in accordance with observing an increase of the ET the increase of the irrigation number.

L'impact des modifications climatiques et de l'augmentation de la démographie sur le cycle de l'eau et de l'énergie dans la région ouest africaine passe par la quantification des échanges entre les différents couverts de la surface continentale et l'atmosphère. Toutefois, la compréhension du rôle des interactions entre la surface et l'atmosphère dans la dynamique de la mousson ouest africaine est limitée par le manque d'observations dans cette région. Cette thèse porte sur l'étude des flux turbulents, en particulier l'évapotranspiration réelle, en climat soudanien. Les deux couverts étudiés sont une forêt claire (site de Bellefoungou) et une mosaïque de culture/jachère (site de Nalohou), situés dans la région du Nord – Bénin. On dispose de quatre années de mesures (2007 à 2010). Les sites d'étude font partie de l'observatoire hydro – météorologique AMMA – CATCH.Les données de flux turbulents de l'atmosphère ont été mesurées avec la technique d'eddy covariance. La partition énergétique des flux a été examinée à travers la fraction évaporative (EF) et le rapport de Bowen (β) aux échelles diurne, saisonnière et inter-annuelle. Des caractéristiques de surface (conductance de surface et aérodynamique) et le coefficient de découplage ont été calculés pour interpréter la dynamique de l'évapotranspiration réelle.L'analyse des résultats est basée sur un découpage du cycle saisonnier suivant quatre phases du cycle de la mousson : la saison sèche, la saison humide, les phases d'humidification et d'assèchement de l'atmosphère. Aux échelles diurne et saisonnière, on montre que le taux d'évapotranspiration réelle de la forêt est toujours supérieur à celui de la mosaïque de culture/jachère quelle que soit la saison. L'évapotranspiration réelle demeure non nulle en saison sèche sur le site de Nalohou malgré les conditions de surface peu favorables à ce processus. En saison humide, après le saut de mousson, la partition énergétique des flux atteint un régime stationnaire avec une moyenne égale à 0,75 à Bellefoungou et 0,70 à Nalohou pour les 4 années étudiées. Le rapport de Bowen pris dans le même ordre est environ de 0,4 et 0,6 traduisant ainsi, en dépit des conditions humides, la part non négligeable du flux de chaleur sensible sur les deux couverts végétaux. La différence de rugosité entre les deux couverts végétaux entraîne une conductance aérodynamique nettement supérieure à Bellefoungou par rapport à Nalohou. On montre également que la végétation du site de Nalohou est plus efficace en transpiration pendant la saison humide que celle du site de Bellefoungou. A l'échelle inter-annuelle, on n'a pas pu mettre en évidence une relation entre flux de chaleur latente et pluviométrie pour les quatre années étudiées qui sont toutes des années excédentaires. Cependant nous avons observé que le rayonnement net explique la majeure partie de la variabilité inter-annuelle des flux turbulents.Enfin, nous avons également montré avec le coefficient de découplage que la surface soudanienne et l'atmosphère restent couplées toute l'année. Ce fonctionnement de l'interface surface – atmosphère reflète le rôle majeur que jouent les conditions de surface dans la variabilité saisonnière de l'évapotranspiration réelle. Les résultats issus de cette étude donnent une première estimation des flux de chaleur latente et de chaleur sensible sur une forêt claire et une mosaïque de culture/jachère en climat soudanien. Ils sont d'une importance capitale pour la paramétrisation et la validation des modèles de surface ainsi que pour la quantification robuste de la ressource en eau disponible en surface pour l'agriculture, principale activité génératrice de revenus des populations locales. / Assessing the impact of climate and anthropic changes on the water and energy cycles, mainly rely on the quantification of the transfer between the various land covers and the atmosphere. Nevertheless the land – atmosphere interactions in the West African monsoon dynamic is not yet well understood because of the lack of observations in this region. This thesis focuses on the analysis of the sensible and latent heat fluxes under Sudanian climate. The two studied land covers are a clear forest (Bellefoungou) and a cultivated area (Nalohou), located in northern Benin, during four years (2007-2010). The study sites are a part of the hydro – meteorological AMMA – CATCH observatory.Turbulent fluxes were measured with the eddy covariance technique.The flux partitioning was investigated through the evaporative fraction (EF) and the Bowen ratio (β) at diurnal, seasonal and inter-annual scales. Surface characteristics (surface and aerodynamical conductance) and the decoupling factor were calculated to interpret the dynamic of the actual evapotranspiration.The analysis was performed according to four different stages of the monsoon cycle: dry and wet seasons drying and moistening intermediate stages. At diurnal and seasonal scales, actual evapotranspiration was always higher on the forest than on the cultivated area. It remained non zero during the dry season at Nalohou despite surface conditions which were not favorable to this process. During the wet season, after the monsoon onset, EF remained steady with a mean seasonal value of 0.75 at Bellefoungou and 0.70 at Nalohou for the four studied years. The Bowen ratio was 0.4 and 0.6 respectively, thus the sensible heat flux was significant on the two contrasted vegetation covers during the wet season. The contrasted roughness length of the two vegetation covers led to a highest aerodynamic conductance at the clear forest site. The mixed of crop/fallow was shown to be more efficient than the clear forest regarding wet season transpiration. At the inter-annual scale, no relationship can be evidenced between evapotranspiration and annual rainfall for the studied period (2007-2010), which was rather rainy. Nevertheless, the net radiation explains the main part of turbulent fluxes inter-annual variation.Finally, complete surface atmosphere decoupling was never observed. This property of the surface – atmosphere interface underlines the key role of the surface conditions in the actual evapotranspiration. Our results provide a first estimate of the latent and sensible heat fluxes over a clear forest and a mixed crop/fallow under sudanian climate. They are relevant to land surface models parametrisation or evaluation and to a robust quantification of the water resources for agriculture, the main economic activity in this region.

We used long-term observations of grassland aboveground net plant production (ANPP, 19392016), growing seasonal advanced very-high-resolution radiometer remote sensing normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data (1982-2016), and simulations of actual evapotranspiration (1912-2016) to evaluate the impact of Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies on a semiarid grassland in northeastern Colorado. Because ANPP was well correlated (R-2 = 0.58) to cumulative April to July actual evapotranspiration (iAET) and cumulative growing season NDVI (iNDVI) was well correlated to iAET and ANPP (R-2 = 0.62 [quadratic model] and 0.59, respectively), we were able to quantify interactions between the long-duration (15-30 yr) PDO temperature cycles and annual-duration ENSO SST phases on ANPP. We found that during cold-phase PDOs, mean ANPP and iNDVI were lower, and the frequency of low ANPP years (drought years) was much higher, compared to warm-phase PDO years. In addition, ANPP, iNDVI, and iAET were highly variable during the cold-phase PDOs. When NINO-3 (ENSO index) values were negative, there was a higher frequency of droughts and lower frequency of wet years regardless of the PDO phase. PDO and NINO-3 anomalies reinforced each other resulting in a high frequency of above-normal iAET (52%) and low frequency of drought (20%) when both PDO and NINO-3 values were positive and the opposite pattern when both PDO and NINO-3 values were negative (24% frequency of above normal and 48% frequency of drought). Precipitation variability and subsequent ANPP dynamics in this grassland were dampened when PDO and NINO-3 SSTs had opposing signs. Thus, primary signatures of these SSTs in this semiarid grassland are (1) increased interannual variability in ANPP during cold-phase PDOs, (2) drought with low ANPP occurring in almost half of those years with negative values of PDO and NINO-3, and (3) high precipitation and ANPP common in years with positive PDO and NINO-3 values.

As the need for climatic data is increasing in times of climate change and water scarcity, remote sensing (RS) and hydrological modelling are ways to battle these problems, especially in data scarce areas. The actual evapotranspiration (ETa) is one of the key parameters when assessing the water balance and a good estimate of this parameter is thus of great importance. In this study a hydrologicalmodel was created with the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) over the Malwathu Oya river basin, Sri Lanka, and the SWAT ETa estimates were compared to RS derived ETa from FAO’s open access database WaPOR. A sensitivity analysis and a calibration with observed streamflow data of the SWAT model was conducted with the SUFI-2 algorithm in SWAT-CUP. The calibration was satisfactory and showed the following values for the performance parameters: R2 = 0.72, Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency, NSE = 0.69, and Percent of Bias, PBIAS = -10.4. The most sensitive parameters were CN2 (runoff curve number for moisture condition II), SOL_AWC (soil available water capacity), and ESCO (soil evaporation compensation factor). The water balance partitioning from the calibrated SWAT model showed a ratio of 0.68 between ETa and precipitation as an annual average between 2012–2020. In the comparison between SWAT ETa and WaPOR ETa the SWAT ETa showed a clear underestimation, particularly during the drier Yala growing season (May – August). However, the SWAT land use classes representing the cultivated rice fields agreed well with WaPOR while the forest and range grasses were underpredicted. To increase the performance of SWAT in estimating ETa the following was recommended: improvement of the simulation of the shallow aquifers, more accurate forest parameters, deactivation of the default dormancy period in SWAT, calibration with ETa instead of streamflow, and a higher resolution soil map together with more soil measurements. / Eftersom behovet av klimatdata ökar i tider av klimatförändringar och vattenbrist är fjärranalys (RS) och hydrologisk modellering exempel på metoder för att lösa dessa problem, särskilt i områden med brist på data. Den faktiska evapotranspirationen (ETa) är en nyckelparameter vid bedömning av vattenbalansen och en bra uppskattning av denna parameter är därför av stor betydelse. I denna studie skapades en hydrologisk modell med Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) över avrinningsområdet Malwathu Oya i Sri Lanka, och SWAT ETa -uppskattningarna jämfördes med RS-beräknad ETa från FAO:s öppna databas WaPOR. En känslighetsanalys och en kalibrering med observerade flödesdata av SWAT-modellen utfördes med SUFI-2-algoritmen i SWAT-CUP. Kalibreringen var tillfredsställande och visade följande värden för prestandaparametrarna: R2 = 0,72, Nash-Sutcliffe-Efficiency, NSE = 0,69 och Percent of Bias, PBIAS = -10,4. De mest känsliga parametrarna var CN2 (avrinningskurvtal för fukttillstånd II), SOL_AWC (jordens tillgängliga vattenkapacitet) och ESCO (kompensationsfaktor för markavdunstning). Vattenbalansfördelningen från den kalibrerade SWAT-modellen visade ett förhållande på 0,68 mellan ETa och nederbörden som ett årligt medelvärde mellan 2012–2020. I jämförelsen mellan SWAT ETa och WaPOR ETa visade SWAT ETa en tydlig underskattning, särskilt under den torrare Yala-växtsäsongen (maj – augusti). Däremot överensstämde SWAT-markanvändningsklasserna som representerade de odlade risfälten väl med WaPOR medan skog och gräsfälten var underskattade. För att öka prestandan för SWAT vid uppskattning av ETa rekommenderades följande: förbättring av simuleringen av de grunda akvifärerna, förbättrade skogsparametrar, inaktivering av den automatiska växtviloperioden i SWAT, kalibrering med ETa i stället för flöde och en jordartskarta med högre upplösning samt fler jordprover.

Policy makers adopt irrigated agriculture for food security, since irrigation doubles crop production. Therefore, the development of large irrigation systems has a long history in many places worldwide. Although large-scale irrigation schemes play an important role in improving food security, many schemes, especially in Africa, do not yield the expected outcomes. This is related to poor water management, which is generally due to a lack of effective evaluation and monitoring. The objective of this study, therefore, is to propose a new methodology to assess, evaluate and monitor large-scale irrigation systems. Information on irrigation indicators is needed to enable the evaluation of irrigation performance. The evaluation is the first and the most significant step in providing information about how it is performing. After reviewing extensive literature, a list of indicators related to the performance of irrigation, rainwater supply and productivity is suggested. The irrigation efficiency indicators Relative Irrigation Supply (RIS) and Relative Water Supply (RWS) are selected. Potential rainwater supply to crops can be tested based on the Moisture Availability Index (MAI) and the Ratio of Moisture Availability (RMA). Water productivity can be assessed by Crop Yield (Y) and Water Use Efficiency (WUE). However, the central problem facing large-scale irrigation schemes is always the lack of data, which calls for the development of a new method of data acquisition that allows evaluation and monitoring. Remote Sensing (RS) technology makes it possible to retrieve data across large areas. Two different approaches via RS, the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Actual Evapotranspiration (ETa), can be utilized for monitoring. The well-known Vegetation Condition Index (VCI), derived from the NDVI, is modified (MVCI) to allow a qualitative spatio-temporal assessment of irrigation efficiency. MVCI takes into account crop response to water availability, while ETa indicates whether water is used as intended. Furthermore, the assessment of the possible hydrological impact of the irrigation system should be considered in the evaluation and monitoring process. The Sudanese Gezira Scheme of 8,000 square kilometers in the Nile Basin, where performance evaluation and monitoring are absent or poorly conducted, is no exception. This research takes the large-scale irrigation of the Gezira Scheme as a case study, as it is the largest scheme, not only in the Nile Basin but also in the world, under single management. The first long-term historical evaluation of the scheme is conducted for the period 1961–2012 rather than only on a short-time scale as is the common practice. An increase in RIS and RWS values from 1.40 and 1.70 to 2.23 and 2.60, respectively, since the 1993/94 season shows decreasing irrigation efficiency. MAI and RMA for summer crops indicate a promising rainfall contribution to irrigation in July and August. The Gezira Scheme achieves low yield and WUE in comparison to many irrigation schemes of the globe. Low productivity is mainly due to poor distribution and irrigation mismanagement. This is indicated by the 15-year MVCI spatio-temporal analysis, which shows that the northern part of the scheme experiences characteristic drought during the summer crop season. Although MVCI can be considered a monitoring tool, the index does not deduct the soil water content, and water could be wasted and available in other ways (e.g. water depressions). Spatio-temporal information for ETa is required to better quantify water depletion and establish links between land use and water allocation. However, several RS models have been developed for estimating ETa. Thus, improving the understanding of performance of such models in arid climates, as well as large-scale irrigation schemes, is taken into account in this study. Four different models based on the energy balance method, the Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL), Mapping EvapoTranspiration at High Resolution with Internalized Calibration (METRIC™), Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEB) and MOD16 ET are applied in order to determine the optimal approach for obtaining ETa. Outputs from these models are compared to actual water balance (WB) estimates during the 2004/05 season at field scale. Several statistical measures are evaluated, and a score is given for each model in order to select the best-performing model. Based on ranking criteria, SSEB gives the best performance and is seen as a suitable operational ETa model for the scheme. SSEB subsequently is applied for summer and winter crop seasons for the period 2000–2014. Unfortunately, one of the limitations faced in the current research is the absence of validation data on a regional scale. Therefore, the assessment focuses on spatial distribution and trends rather than absolute values. As with the MVCI distribution, the seasonal ETa for the Gezira Scheme is higher in the southern and central parts than in the northern part. This confirms the robustness of the developed MVCI. To avoid using absolute values of ETa, the ratio of ETa from agricultural areas (ETagr) to the total evapotranspiration (ET) from the scheme (ETsum) is calculated. The ETagr/ETsum ratio shows a descending trend over recent years, indicating that the water is available but not being utilized for agricultural production. This study shows that SSEB is also useful for identifying the location of water losses on a daily basis. Around 80 channels are identified as having leakage problems for the 2013/14 crop season. Such information is very useful for reducing losses at the scheme. In addition, Rainwater Harvesting (WH) is addressed and found to be applicable as an alternative solution for accounting for rainfall in irrigation. It is seen that these management scenarios could save water and increase the overall efficiency of the scheme. It is possible to save 68 million cubic meters of water per year when the overall irrigation efficiency of the scheme is improved by only 1%. A level of efficiency of 75% is predicted from the proposed management scenarios, which could save about 2.6 billion cubic meters of water per year. In conclusion, the present study has developed an innovative method of identifying the problems of large-scale schemes as well as proposing management scenarios to enhance irrigation water management practice. Improved agricultural water management in terms of crop, water and land management can increase food production, thereby alleviating poverty and hunger in an environmentally sustainable manner.