Documents and Datasets used for SWAT based soil moisture balance Model

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

  • FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper no. 56 - Guidelines for Computation of Crop Water Requirement pdf
  • FAO Crop Duration and KC stages for main crops input crop parameters dataset for model link
  • FAO dataset for crop root depth and depletion factor link1, link2

    USDA/SWAT

  • Soil and water Assessment Tool - Theoretical Documentation of Hydrological Concepts behind SWAT pdf
  • Urban Hydrology for Small Watersheds - TR 55 Illustrates current Soil Conservation Service (SCS) Procedures to compute runoff using SCS curve number method. pdf

    Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI), Aurangabad

  • Walmi Booklet - Crop Water Requirement Datasets - Crop characteristics data for major crops grown in different agro-climatic zones in Maharashtra pdf
  • Walmi Booklet - Publication no. 30, March 1988 - Guidelines to conduct experimentation for Crop Water Requirements pdf

    Documents for Planning

  • CRIDA and ICRISAT Document of Rainwater Harvesting and Reuse through Farm Ponds- Documentation of Experiences, Issues and Strategies pdf
  • Rainwater Harvesting and Utilization for Climate Resilient Agriculture in Rainfed Areas CRIDA - Training Manual with Technical Guidelines on Intervention Design pdf
  • Report of Irrigation Commisssion-1972, Volume I Overview of Agricultural resources in India and Planning, policies and considerations for Major, Medium and Minor Irrigation projects link