USDA-ARS Colorado Maize Water Productivity Dataset 2012-2013

The USDA-Agricultural Research Service carried out an experiment on water productivity in response to seasonal timing of irrigation of maize (Zea mays L.) at the Limited Irrigation Research Farm (LIRF) facility in northeastern Colorado (40°26’ N, 104°38’ W) starting in 2012. Twelve treatments involved different water availability targeted at specific growth-stages. This dataset includes data from the first two years, which were complete years with intact treatments. Data includes canopy growth and development (canopy height, canopy cover and LAI), irrigation, precipitation, and soil water storage measured periodically through the season; daily estimates of crop evapotranspiration; and seasonal measurement of crop water use, harvest index and crop yield. Hourly and daily weather data are also provided from the CoAgMET, Colorado’s network of meteorological information (https://coagmet.colostate.edu/ ; GLY04 station). Additional soil data can be found in a previous dataset (USDA-ARS Colorado Maize Water Productivity Dataset 2008-2011) also available from the Ag Data Commons. This previous dataset included six targeted treatments that were generally uniform through the season. This new dataset can be used to further validate and refine maize crop models.

The data are presented in a spreadsheet format in individual sheets within one workbook. The first sheet in the work book provides a list of data descriptions. Two sheets (one sheet for each of the two years) provide the hourly weather data, with the exception of the precipitation data, which is included in the sheet with daily data per treatment. The weather data is from a weather station on site. Another sheet provides plot level data (harvest index, yield, annual ET, maximum LAI, stand density, total aboveground biomass) taken annually by plot (four plots per treatment). Another sheet provides LAI measured four times over each season per plot. The final sheet provides daily data per treatment over each season, including data needed to compute daily water balance. This sheet has LAI, crop growth stage, plant height, estimated root depth, interpolated canopy cover, ET coefficients, precipitation, and estimated deep percolation, evaporation, and soil water deficit at four soil depths.

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LIRF small plots map 2012-2013
LIRF maize annual_daily_hourly data 2012-2013

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Tags	Irrigation and Water Use Maize Agricultural Research Service agricultural sustainability agricultural monitoring EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS phenology biomass soil water crop management crop yield plant growth soil water storage Zea mays data collection meteorological data corn NP211
Modified	2023-03-13
Release Date	2018-06-04
Frequency	Irregularly
Identifier	b432d393-f178-49d4-99df-ab48e30d65ad
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area	POLYGON ((-104.63916890323 40.446194880627, -104.63916890323 40.449232121566, -104.63449113071 40.449232121566, -104.63449113071 40.446194880627))
Publisher	Ag Data Commons
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location	N.E. of Greeley Colorado; 40°26’ N, 104°38’ W
Temporal Coverage	January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2013
License	U.S. Public Domain
Data Dictionary	https://data.nal.usda.gov/dataset/usda-ars-colorado-maize-water-producti...
Contact Name	Comas, Louise
Contact Email	louise.comas@ars.usda.gov
Public Access Level	Public
Program Code	005:040 - Department of Agriculture - National Research
Bureau Code	005:18 - Agricultural Research Service

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Field	Value
Authors	Comas, Louise (ORCID) Trout, Thomas (ORCID) Banks, Garrett DeJonge, Kendall (ORCID) Zhang, HuiHui (ORCID) Gleason, Sean (ORCID)
Peer Reviewed	No
Intended Use	Primary use is to improve or validate agricultural crop (maize) models.
Use Limitations	Limitations are noted in the dataset files. Data is from field/plot scale field research.
Funding Sources	Agricultural Research Service
Primary Article	Comas, L. H., Trout, T. J., Banks, G. T., Zhang, H., DeJonge, K. C., & Gleason, S. M. (2018). USDA-ARS Colorado maize growth and development, yield and water-use under strategic timing of irrigation, 2012–2013. Data in Brief, 21, 1227-1231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.10.140 AgID: 7250057
Related Articles	Comas, L. H., Trout, T. J., DeJonge, K. C., Zhang, H., & Gleason, S. M. (2019). Water productivity under strategic growth stage-based deficit irrigation in maize. Agricultural Water Management, 212, 433-440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2018.07.015 AgID: 6110788 DeJonge, K. C., Taghvaeian, S., Trout, T. J., & Comas, L. H. (2015). Comparison of canopy temperature-based water stress indices for maize. Agricultural Water Management, 156, 51-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2015.03.023 AgID: 60703 Fang, Q., Ma, L., Trout, T. J., Comas, L. H., DeJonge, K. C., Ahuja, L. R., Sherrod, L. A., & Malone, R. W. (2017). Modeling N Concentration and Uptake for Maize Hybrids under Growth Stage-Based Deficit Irrigations. Transactions of the ASABE, 60(6), 2067-2081. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.12405 AgID: 60703 Han, M., Zhang, H., DeJonge, K. C., Comas, L. H., & Trout, T. J. (2016). Estimating maize water stress by standard deviation of canopy temperature in thermal imagery. Agricultural Water Management, 177, 400-409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2016.08.031 AgID: 5496429 Kullberg, E. G., DeJonge, K. C., & Chávez, J. L. (2017). Evaluation of thermal remote sensing indices to estimate crop evapotranspiration coefficients. Agricultural Water Management, 179, 64-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2016.07.007 AgID: 5311570 Ma, L., Ahuja, L. R., Trout, T. J., Nolan, B. T., & Malone, R. W. (2016). Simulating Maize Yield and Biomass with Spatial Variability of Soil Field Capacity. Agronomy Journal, 108(1), 171-184. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2015.0206 AgID: 5311570 L. Ma, L. R. Ahuja, B. T. Nolan, R. W. Malone, T. J. Trout, & Z. Qi. (2012). Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM2): Model Use, Calibration, and Validation. Transactions of the ASABE, 55(4), 1425-1446. https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.42252 AgID: 5311570 Manning, D. T., Lurbé, S., Comas, L. H., Trout, T. J., Flynn, N., & Fonte, S. J. (2018). Economic viability of deficit irrigation in the Western US. Agricultural Water Management, 196, 114-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2017.10.024 AgID: 5311570 Simulating Maize Production, Water and Surface Energy Balance, Canopy Temperature, and Water Stress under Full and Deficit Irrigation. (2016). Transactions of the ASABE, 59(2), 623-633. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.59.11067 AgID: 5311570 Trout, T. J., & Bausch, W. C. (2017). USDA-ARS Colorado maize water productivity data set. Irrigation Science, 35(3), 241-249. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-017-0537-9 AgID: 5725424 Han, M., Zhang, H., DeJonge, K. C., Comas, L. H., & Gleason, S. (2018). Comparison of three crop water stress index models with sap flow measurements in maize. Agricultural Water Management, 203, 366-375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2018.02.030 AgID: 5725424 Trout, T. J., & DeJonge, K. C. (2021). Evapotranspiration and Water Stress Coefficient for Deficit-Irrigated Maize. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 147(10). https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)ir.1943-4774.0001600
Dataset DOI (digital object identifier)	10.15482/USDA.ADC/1439968
Product Type	Dataset
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ISO Topic(s)	environment farming
State or Territory	Colorado
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Ag Data Commons Keywords	Agroecosystems & Environment Agroecosystems & Environment Water Agroecosystems & Environment Water Evapotranspiration Agroecosystems & Environment Soil Agroecosystems & Environment Soil Physical properties Plants & Crops Plants & Crops Crop production

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