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Potassium Simulation Using HYDRUS-1D with Satellite-Derived Meteorological Data under Boro Rice Cultivation

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  • Ayushi Gupta

    (Remote Sensing Laboratory, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India)

  • Manika Gupta

    (Department of Geology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India)

  • Prashant K. Srivastava

    (Remote Sensing Laboratory, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India)

  • George P. Petropoulos

    (Department of Geography, Harokopio University of Athens, El. Venizelou 70, 17671 Athens, Greece)

  • Ram Kumar Singh

    (Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India)

Abstract

Potassium (K) is a critical nutrient for crops, as it is a major constituent in fertilizer formulations. With increasing concentrations of K in agricultural soil, it is necessary to understand its movement and retention in the soil. Sub-surface modeling is an alternative method to overcome the exhausting and uneconomical methods to study and determine the actual concentration of K in soil. HYDRUS-1D is considered an effective finite-element model which is suitable for sub-surface modeling. This model requires the input of ground-station meteorological (GM) data taken at a daily timestep for the simulation period. It can be a limiting factor in the absence of ground stations. The study compares K predictions in surface and sub-surface soil layers under Boro rice cultivation obtained with the usage of different meteorological datasets. Thus, the main hypothesis of the study was to validate that, in the absence of GM data, satellite-based meteorological data could be utilized for simulating the K concentration in soil. The two meteorological datasets that are considered in the study included the GM and satellite-derived NASA-Power (NP) meteorological datasets. The usage of a satellite meteorological product at a field scale may help in applying the method to other regions where GM data is not available. The numerical model results were validated with field experiments from four experimental fields which included varied K doses. The concentration in soil was assessed at the regular depths (0–5, 5–10, 10–15, 15–30, 30–45 and 45–60 cm), and at various stages of crop growth, from bare soil and sowing, to the tillering stages. The concentration of K was measured in the laboratory and also simulated through the optimized model. The modeled values were compared with measured values statistically using relative root mean square error (RMSER) and Nash–Sutcliffe modeling efficiency (E) for simulating K concentration in the soil for the Boro rice cropping pattern with both GM data and NP data. The model was found most suitable for the 0–30 cm depth on all days and for all treatment variations.

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  • Ayushi Gupta & Manika Gupta & Prashant K. Srivastava & George P. Petropoulos & Ram Kumar Singh, 2023. "Potassium Simulation Using HYDRUS-1D with Satellite-Derived Meteorological Data under Boro Rice Cultivation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-16, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:3:p:2147-:d:1045005
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