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Modelling of groundwater recharge potential from irrigated paddy field under changing climate

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Groundwater recharge from irrigated paddy field under various projected climate change scenarios was assessed using HYDRUS-1D model. Recharge flux, root water uptake, evaporation and surface runoff were simulated on daily time step for the growing period of paddy. Crop evapotranspiration and effective rainfall during the simulation period were estimated to be 301.9 and 269.4 mm, respectively. Cumulative bottom flux, root water uptake, evaporation and surface runoff were 69.2, 23.2, 30.8 and 0.0 cm for sandy loam and 37.2, 23.0, 30.8 and 0.7 cm for clay loam soils, respectively. Simulation results showed that the groundwater recharge potentials in sandy loam and clay loam soils with paddy crop are 69.2 and 37.2 cm, respectively. Cumulative recharge under various climate change scenarios from paddy field varied from 63.9 to 74.4 cm, 33.7 to 39.8 cm, 29.3 to 35.4 cm and 27.1 to 34.3 cm from land units A1 (sandy loam), B1 (clay loam with slight salinity), C1 (clay loam with moderate saline and slight sodic) and D1 (clay loam with strong saline and sodic), respectively. Cumulative recharge flux under the scenarios in which increase in relative humidity along with decrease in duration of sunshine hours was associated with rise in average temperature and wind speed, groundwater recharge would increase by 7.4 %. Cumulative recharge flux under the scenarios which were based on rise in temperature along with the increase in rainfall, groundwater recharge would increase by 0.2–3.9 %. Simulation results also showed that cumulative recharge would decrease under all those scenarios, which were based on rise in temperature only.

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The authors are thankful to the Department of agriculture and irrigation, Government of Haryana, India and (NBSS & LUP), New Delhi for making the data available for this modelling work and the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi for providing the facilities and support for the research work.

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    G. T. Patle

  2. Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India

    D. K. Singh & A. Sarangi

  3. Division of Agricultural Physics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India

    R. N. Sahoo

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Patle, G.T., Singh, D.K., Sarangi, A. et al. Modelling of groundwater recharge potential from irrigated paddy field under changing climate. Paddy Water Environ 15, 413–423 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10333-016-0559-6

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