Pongola Lysimeters

Pongola- SASRI Research Site [27°24'S, 31°35'E, 308m]

This page provides data of the daily water balance measured for a sugarcane crop growing on three weighing lysimeters at Pongola. Lysimeter number 1 is a crop with scattered tops as a mulch, number 2 a crop with a trash blanket and number 3 a crop on bare soil. The water balance components are evapotranspiration (ET), rainfall, irrigation, and drainage out of the root zone. The crop is a second ratoon crop of N14, harvested on 19th May 2006.

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Summary of daily data

Location    Date        ET1           ET2            ET3         Rain        Irrigation1       Irrigation2      Irrigation3      Drainage1       Drainage2       Drainage3
                       (mm)          (mm)           (mm)         (mm)        (mm)              (mm)             (mm)             (mm)            (mm)            (mm)
       2012/01/18   7.86          8.06           -187.0       0.00        0.00              0.00             0.00             0.00            0.00            194.42
       2012/01/19   6.44          5.07           -187.8       0.00        0.00              0.00             0.00             0.00            0.00            194.42
       2012/01/20   3.54          3.88           -190.6       0.00        0.00              0.00             0.00             0.00            0.00            194.42
       2012/01/21   6.02          5.07           -188.1       0.00        0.00              0.00             0.00             0.00            0.00            194.42
       2012/01/22   6.44          6.19           -188.9       4.10        0.00              0.00             0.00             0.00            0.00            194.42
       2012/01/23   7.22          5.97           -186.4       0.00        0.00              0.00             0.00             0.00            0.00            194.42
       2012/01/24   7.01          5.07           -189.7       0.00        0.00              0.00             0.00             0.00            0.00            194.42
       2012/01/25   2.55          5.07           -189.7       0.00        0.00              0.00             0.00             0.00            0.00            194.42
       2012/01/26   7.15          5.07           -188.1       0.00        0.00              0.00             0.00             0.00            0.00            194.42
       2012/01/27   7.01          6.86           -188.9       0.00        0.00              0.00             0.00             0.00            0.00            194.42
       2012/01/28   2.55          4.18           -190.6       0.00        0.00              0.00             0.00             0.00            0.00            194.42
       2012/01/29   4.74          5.07           -189.7       0.00        0.00              0.00             0.00             0.00            0.00            194.42
       2012/01/30   4.82          2.09           -190.0       0.00        0.00              0.00             0.00             0.00            0.00            194.42
       2012/01/31   2.34          3.88           -191.4       0.00        0.00              0.00             0.00             0.00            0.00            194.42
       2012/02/01   2.41          3.88           -190.8       0.00        0.00              0.00             0.00             0.00            0.00            194.42

- Scattered Tops ET (mm) - ET1 in table above
- Trash Blanket ET (mm) - ET2 in table above
- Bare Soil ET (mm) - ET3 in table above
- Rain (mm)
- Irrigation (mm)

- Scattered Tops ET (mm)
- Trash Blanket ET (mm)
- Bare Soil ET (mm)
- Rain (mm)
- Irrigation (mm)

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