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  • PublicationOpen Access
    Calculation of intercepted photosynthetically active radiation (IPAR) for traditional crops in Castilla y León, Spain
    (Universidad Carlos III, 2022) Garrachón-Gómez, Elena; García Ruiz, Ignacio; García-Rodríguez, Ana; García-Rodríguez, Sol; Alonso-Tristán, Cristina; Ingeniería; Ingeniaritza; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC
    Agriculture is one of the most important economic activities in the Castilla y León region (Spain), approximately one-third of the land area is destined for this use. The role of agriculture in rural areas is essential from a territorial perspective, where rural depopulation is originating a crisis in the countryside. Moreover, climate change is having a major impact on agricultural productivity as a consequence, among others, of the increase in the frequency and the severity of extreme events, especially in Mediterranean regions [1]. For these reasons, it is essential to highlight the vision of agriculture as a multifunctional activity. Besides good management, productivity depends on many other factors, such as soil properties or climatic factors. A decisive climatic variable, which is often not considered in the planning and management of the crops, is the Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR), specifically, the Intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation (IPAR). The main purpose of this study is to calculate and represent an estimation of IPAR values for the most characteristic crops of Castilla y León.
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    Monthly intercepted photosynthetically active radiation estimation based on the Beer-Lambert's law across the cereal crops of Castilla y León (Spain)
    (Elsevier, 2024) Garrachón-Gómez, Elena; García Ruiz, Ignacio; García-Rodríguez, Ana; García-Rodríguez, Sol; Alonso-Tristán, Cristina; Ingeniería; Ingeniaritza; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC
    Agriculture is by far the most important economic activity in the Spanish autonomous region of Castilla y León. Numerous factors influence crop development but one of the most related variables to the photosynthetic process is Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR). Estimating Intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation (IPAR) in different crops through the Beer-Lambert law could be a relevant factor in crop season planning by enabling photosynthesis monitoring. The Beer-Lambert Law is applied in this study to the data for almost 2 million hectares of wheat, barley, and maize cultivated in Castilla y León in 2021. The fourteen-year data set of Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) used to calculate the monthly PAR data in the region was collected at 93 meteorological stations (46 in Castilla y León and 47 in neighboring Spanish and Portuguese regions). Two previously published global calibrated models were employed to calculate the PAR, with a relative Root Mean Square Error (rRMSE) below 6%, for the measured daily mean values of PAR in Burgos. Processing the various NASA Terra and Aqua satellite images yielded the monthly Leaf Area Index (LAI) and the literature review provided the light extinction coefficient (k). The Geographic Information System (GIS) facilitated visualization of IPAR estimates for the three cereal crops in all months of its growing season. Wheat and barley reach their IPAR peaks in June and July, while maize peaks in July and August. In addition, the fraction of Intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fIPAR) was calculated in different provinces to assess PAR interception for each cereal at different growing stages. In June, almost 50% of the wheat area in Burgos, Palencia and Soria displayed fIPAR values exceeding 45% while in the case of barley only the province of Burgos reached these percentages of area and fIPAR.