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  1. Using the AquaCrop model for maize in arid water deficient conditions: A new version for improved accuracy when adopting a varied normalized water productivity

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, April 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  2. Innovations in the Revised FAO56 Guidelines for Computing Crop Water Requirements: Data, Calculation Methods, Irrigation, and Climate Change Challenges

    Article • Water, March 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  3. Enhancing the crop coefficient method to support real-time irrigation scheduling of a super-high-density olive orchard

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  4. Satellite-Based Innovative Agroclimatic Classification Under Reduced Water Availability: Identification of Optimal Productivity Zones

    Article • Land, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  5. Base and upper temperature thresholds to support the calculation of growing degree days aiming at their use with the FAO56rev crop coefficients curve: A review

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  6. Estimating the lengths of crop growth stages to define the crop coefficient curves using growing degree days (GDD): Application of the revised FAO56 guidelines

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  7. Future agroclimatic suitability for oliviculture in Portugal based on a new high-resolution climate dataset

    Article • Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paula Paredes

  8. Addressing Weather Data Gaps in Reference Crop Evapotranspiration Estimation: A Case Study in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa

    Article • Hydrology, June 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  9. Estimation of Groundwater Abstractions from Irrigation Wells in Mediterranean Agriculture: An Ensemble Approach Integrating Remote Sensing, Soil Water Balance, and Spatial Analysis

    Article • Sustainability, June 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  10. Advances in soil salinity diagnosis for mangrove swamp rice production in Guinea Bissau, West Africa

    Article • Science of Remote Sensing, June 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  11. Prediction of Crops Cycle with Seasonal Forecasts to Support Decision-Making

    Article • Agronomy, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  12. Assessing seasonal forecast performance to predict crop irrigation requirements to support water management decision-making in the Mediterranean region

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, May 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  13. Modeling soil water and salinity dynamics in mangrove swamp rice production system of Guinea Bissau, West Africa

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, May 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  14. Spatial–Temporal Dynamics of Vegetation Indices in Response to Drought Across Two Traditional Olive Orchard Regions in the Iberian Peninsula

    Article • Sensors, March 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  15. Projected Bioclimatic Changes in Portugal: Assessing Maize Future Suitability

    Article • Agronomy, February 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  16. Leaching Efficiency During Autumn Irrigation in China’s Arid Hetao Plain as Influenced by the Depth of Shallow Saline Groundwater and Irrigation Depth, Using Data from Static Water-Table Lysimeters and the Hydrus-1D and SIMDualKc Models

    Article • Land, October 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  17. Future aridity and drought risk for traditional and super-intensive olive orchards in Portugal

    Article • Climatic Change, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paula Paredes

  18. Estimating Evapotranspiration of Rainfed Winegrapes Combining Remote Sensing and the SIMDualKc Soil Water Balance Model

    Article • Water, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  19. Estimating Evapotranspiration of Rainfed Winegrapes Combining Remote Sensing and the SIMDualKc Soil Water Balance Model

    Article • July 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  20. Linking participatory approach and rapid appraisal methods to select potential innovations in collective irrigation systems

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  21. Crop coefficients of natural wetlands and riparian vegetation to compute ecosystem evapotranspiration and the water balance

    Article • Irrigation Science, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paula Paredes

  22. The Mangrove Swamp Rice Production System of Guinea Bissau: Identification of the Main Constraints Associated with Soil Salinity and Rainfall Variability

    Article • Agronomy, February 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  23. Moving toward the Biophysical Characterization of the Mangrove Swamp Rice Production System in Guinea Bissau: Exploring Tools to Improve Soil- and Water-Use Efficiencies

    Article • Agronomy, February 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  24. Methodologies for Water Accounting at the Collective Irrigation System Scale Aiming at Optimizing Water Productivity

    Article • Agronomy, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  25. Actual and standard crop coefficients for semi-natural and planted grasslands and grasses: a review aimed at supporting water management to improve production and ecosystem services

    Article • Irrigation Science, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paula Paredes

  26. Salts dynamics in maize irrigation in the Hetao plateau using static water table lysimeters and HYDRUS-1D with focus on the autumn leaching irrigation

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  27. Assessing Spatial Variability and Trends of Droughts in Eastern Algeria Using SPI, RDI, PDSI, and MedPDSI—A Novel Drought Index Using the FAO56 Evapotranspiration Method

    Article • Water, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  28. Assessing Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Deep Percolation Using Crop Evapotranspiration Derived from Earth Observations through Google Earth Engine

    Article • Water, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  29. Estimating and partitioning maize evapotranspiration as affected by salinity using weighing lysimeters and the SIMDualKc model

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  30. Transpiration and Water Use of an Irrigated Traditional Olive Grove with Sap-Flow Observations and the FAO56 Dual Crop Coefficient Approach

    Article • Water, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  31. Prediction of crop coefficients from fraction of ground cover and height: Practical application to vegetable, field and fruit crops with focus on parameterization

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  32. Updated single and dual crop coefficients for tree and vine fruit crops

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, May 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  33. Daily grass reference evapotranspiration with Meteosat Second Generation shortwave radiation and reference ET products

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, April 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  34. Updates and advances to the FAO56 crop water requirements method

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, April 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  35. Standard single and basal crop coefficients for field crops. Updates and advances to the FAO56 crop water requirements method

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  36. Standard single and basal crop coefficients for vegetable crops, an update of FAO56 crop water requirements approach

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  37. Prediction of crop coefficients from fraction of ground cover and height. Background and validation using ground and remote sensing data

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, November 2020, Elsevier

    Javier J Cancela, Dr Paula Paredes

  38. Soil water balance models for determining crop water and irrigation requirements and irrigation scheduling focusing on the FAO56 method and the dual Kc approach

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  39. Reference grass evapotranspiration with reduced data sets: Parameterization of the FAO Penman-Monteith temperature approach and the Hargeaves-Samani equation using local climatic variables

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, October 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  40. A review of strategies, methods and technologies to reduce non-beneficial consumptive water use on farms considering the FAO56 methods

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  41. Computing FAO56 reference grass evapotranspiration PM-ETo from temperature with focus on solar radiation

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, April 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  42. Crop Coefficients and Transpiration of a Super Intensive Arbequina Olive Orchard using the Dual Kc Approach and the Kcb Computation with the Fraction of Ground Cover and Height

    Article • Water, February 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  43. Accuracy of daily estimation of grass reference evapotranspiration using ERA-Interim reanalysis products with assessment of alternative bias correction schemes

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, November 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Carlos Pires, Dr Paula Paredes

  44. Evapotranspiration Partition and Crop Coefficients of Tifton 85 Bermudagrass as Affected by the Frequency of Cuttings. Application of the FAO56 Dual Kc Model

    Article • Water, April 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  45. Assessing potato transpiration, yield and water productivity under various water regimes and planting dates using the FAO dual K c approach

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  46. Daily reference crop evapotranspiration with reduced data sets in the humid environments of Azores islands using estimates of actual vapor pressure, solar radiation, and wind speed

    Article • Theoretical and Applied Climatology, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paula Paredes

  47. Daily reference crop evapotranspiration in the humid environments of Azores islands using reduced data sets: accuracy of FAO-PM temperature and Hargreaves-Samani methods

    Article • Theoretical and Applied Climatology, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paula Paredes

  48. Using the FAO dual crop coefficient approach to model water use and productivity of processing pea (Pisum sativum L.) as influenced by irrigation strategies

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, July 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  49. Water Use and Yield of Soybean under Various Irrigation Regimes and Severe Water Stress. Application of AquaCrop and SIMDualKc Models

    Article • Water, June 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  50. Comparing Sprinkler and Surface Irrigation for Wheat Using Multi-Criteria Analysis: Water Saving vs. Economic Returns

    Article • Water, January 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  51. Assessing yield, water productivity and farm economic returns of malt barley as influenced by the sowing dates and supplemental irrigation

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  52. Parameterization of AquaCrop model for vining pea biomass and yield predictions and assessing impacts of irrigation strategies considering various sowing dates

    Article • Irrigation Science, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paula Paredes

  53. Assessing reference evapotranspiration estimation from reanalysis weather products. An application to the Iberian Peninsula

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, August 2016, Wiley

    Prof. Carlos Pires, Dr Paula Paredes

  54. Predicting Maize Transpiration, Water Use and Productivity for Developing Improved Supplemental Irrigation Schedules in Western Uruguay to Cope with Climate Variability

    Article • Water, July 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  55. Daily Reference Evapotranspiration for Hyper-Arid to Moist Sub-Humid Climates in Inner Mongolia, China: I. Assessing Temperature Methods and Spatial Variability

    Article • Water Resources Management, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paula Paredes

  56. Daily Reference Evapotranspiration for Hyper-Arid to Moist Sub-Humid Climates in Inner Mongolia, China: II. Trends of ETo and Weather Variables and Related Spatial Patterns

    Article • Water Resources Management, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paula Paredes

  57. Modeling water use, transpiration and soil evaporation of spring wheat–maize and spring wheat–sunflower relay intercropping using the dual crop coefficient approach

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  58. Corrigendum to “Modeling malt barley water use and evapotranspiration partitioning in two contrasting rainfall years. Assessing AquaCrop and SIMDualKc models” [Agric. Water Manag. 159 (2015) 239–254]

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  59. Assessing and modelling water use and the partition of evapotranspiration of irrigated hop ( Humulus Lupulus ), and relations of transpiration with hops yield and alpha-acids

    Article • Industrial Crops and Products, December 2015, Elsevier

    Javier J Cancela, Dr Paula Paredes

  60. Ecohydrology of groundwater-dependent grasslands

    Article • Ecohydrology, November 2015, Wiley

    Dr Paula Paredes

  61. Modeling malt barley water use and evapotranspiration partitioning in two contrasting rainfall years. Assessing AquaCrop and SIMDualKc models

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  62. Modelling soil water dynamics of full and deficit drip irrigated maize cultivated under a rain shelter

    Article • Biosystems Engineering, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  63. Water use by a groundwater dependent maize in a semi-arid region of Inner Mongolia: Evapotranspiration partitioning and capillary rise

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  64. Performance assessment of the FAO AquaCrop model for soil water, soil evaporation, biomass and yield of soybeans in North China Plain

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  65. Estimation of Actual Crop Coefficients Using Remotely Sensed Vegetation Indices and Soil Water Balance Modelled Data

    Article • Remote Sensing, February 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Paula Paredes

  66. Modelling transpiration, soil evaporation and yield prediction of soybean in North China Plain

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  67. Evapotranspiration and crop coefficients for a super intensive olive orchard. An application of SIMDualKc and METRIC models using ground and satellite observations

    Article • Journal of Hydrology, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  68. Assessing the performance of the FAO AquaCrop model to estimate maize yields and water use under full and deficit irrigation with focus on model parameterization

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  69. Corrigendum to “Partitioning evapotranspiration, yield prediction and economic returns of maize under various irrigation management strategies” [Agric. Water Manage. 135 (2014) 27–39]

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  70. Partitioning evapotranspiration, yield prediction and economic returns of maize under various irrigation management strategies

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, March 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  71. Comparing sprinkler and drip irrigation systems for full and deficit irrigated maize using multicriteria analysis and simulation modelling: Ranking for water saving vs. farm economic returns

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, August 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  72. Dual crop coefficients for maize in southern Brazil: Model testing for sprinkler and drip irrigation and mulched soil

    Article • Biosystems Engineering, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  73. The dual crop coefficient approach to estimate and partitioning evapotranspiration of the winter wheat–summer maize crop sequence in North China Plain

    Article • Irrigation Science, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paula Paredes

  74. Dual crop coefficient modelling applied to the winter wheat–summer maize crop sequence in North China Plain: Basal crop coefficients and soil evaporation component

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  75. Implementing the dual crop coefficient approach in interactive software. 1. Background and computational strategy

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  76. Implementing the dual crop coefficient approach in interactive software: 2. Model testing

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  77. The dual crop coefficient approach using a density factor to simulate the evapotranspiration of a peach orchard: SIMDualKc model versus eddy covariance measurements

    Article • Irrigation Science, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paula Paredes

  78. Relating energy performance and water productivity of sprinkler irrigated maize, wheat and sunflower under limited water availability

    Article • Biosystems Engineering, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  79. Irrigation scheduling strategies for cotton to cope with water scarcity in the Fergana Valley, Central Asia

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  80. Cotton irrigation scheduling in central Asia: model calibration and validation with consideration of groundwater contribution

    Article • Irrigation and Drainage, July 2008, Wiley

    Dr Paula Paredes

  81. Estimating reference evapotranspiration with the FAO Penman–Monteith equation using daily weather forecast messages

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, July 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Paula Paredes

  82. SIMDualKc, A Software Tool for Water Balance Simulation Based on Dual Crop Coefficient

    Article • American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

    Dr Paula Paredes