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Irrigation Update No.8 Newsletter of the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation

Vol 8 September 2006

In this issue

  • Evaporation also happens at night
  • Northern Australia Irrigation Futures
  • Decisions, decisions - new Irrigation Insights book available soon
  • New irrigation CD Available now: latest hydro-geophysic

The Significance of Night Time Evaporation from Irrigation Farm Dams Across Australia

Final Report

This report documents the numerical analysis performed for the Land and Water Australia (LWA) National Program for Sustainable Irrigation project “The significance of night time evaporation from irrigation farm dams” under contract UWA45.The objective of the present study is to further develop the numerical model DYRESM to make it applicable to irrigation farm dams and to subsequently apply it to gain insights into (more)...

The Significance of Night Time Evaporation from Irrigation Farm Dams

Summary Report

Work commissioned by NPSI and undertaken by Matthew Hipsey from the University of Western Australia shows that night time evaporation is significant.

This report details the results of the study and will assist in improving the accuracy….