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Wrap up and Validation of the Yield Forecast Project for 2015
Integrated Crop Management News
  • Sotirios Archontoulis, Iowa State University
  • Mark Licht, Iowa State University
  • Ranae N. Dietzel, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-10-2015
Abstract

During the 2015 growing season, a group of scientists from the Department of Agronomy ran a pilot project with the objective of forecasting end-of-season yields and in-season water and nitrogen dynamics (crop demand and soil supply). In-season updates were put in past ICM News articles (June 17th, July 31st, and August 14th). Briefly, this project combined the use of a cropping systems model (APSIM), a climate model (WRF), and high-resolution, in-season measurements to create the forecasts. The project focused on eight cropping systems in 2015: two sites (Ames and Sutherland), two crops (corn and soybean), and two planting dates of each crop. More details can be found in a previous ICM News article with plot management details from June 17, 2015. In this article we’ll present validation results of our last forecast on September 12.

Copyright Owner
Iowa State University
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Sotirios Archontoulis, Mark Licht and Ranae N. Dietzel. "Wrap up and Validation of the Yield Forecast Project for 2015" (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mark-licht/194/