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Title: Calculating crop water use in the northern Texas High Plains

Author
item MAREK, THOMAS - TAES-AMARILLO
item Howell, Terry
item PORTER, DANA - TCE/TAES-LUBBOCK

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/31/2006
Publication Date: 8/9/2006
Citation: Marek, T., Howell, T.A., Porter, D. 2006. Calculating crop water use in the northern Texas High Plains. 2006 North Plains Ag Day Proceedings, Amarillo, Agricultural Research Center, August 9, 2006, Amarillo, Texas.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The North Plains Evapotranspiration network (NPET) has been in operation providing meteorological and crop water use (evapotranspiration or ET) data to producers for over 14 years. Recently, the NPET and South Plains ET (SPET) merged to form the Texas High Plains ET network (TXHPET). Each of the respective regional networks still remain but the merger allowed us to form a new network web site and database whereby the data could be queried and even plotted on the users computer screen via the Internet. The new TXHPET site recently received a blue ribbon award in the category of education tech transfer at the 2006 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers International Meeting in Portland, OR. The site is focused toward Texas High Plains growers and includes access to virtually all the data compiled and computed daily from the TXHPET network stations. The primary objective of the TXHPET network is to compute crop water use data. The crop water use data disseminated by the network are estimates from the network weather stations but is considered to be some of the most accurate values in existence.