TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of artificial intelligence algorithms with sensor data assimilation in estimating crop evapotranspiration and crop water stress index for irrigation water management
AU - Katimbo, Abia
AU - Rudnick, Daran R.
AU - Zhang, Jingwen
AU - Ge, Yufeng
AU - DeJonge, Kendall C.
AU - Franz, Trenton E.
AU - Shi, Yeyin
AU - Liang, Wei zhen
AU - Qiao, Xin
AU - Heeren, Derek M.
AU - Kabenge, Isa
AU - Nakabuye, Hope Njuki
AU - Duan, Jiaming
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023
PY - 2023/8
Y1 - 2023/8
N2 - Irrigation water management using automated irrigation decision support system (IDSS) as a smart irrigation scheduling tool can improve water use efficiency and crop production, especially under circumstances of limited water supply. The current study evaluated the performance of different artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and their ensembles in forecasting Crop Evapotranspiration (ETc) and Crop Water Stress Index (CWSI) against calculated single crop coefficient FAO56 ETc and Jackson's theoretical CWSI, respectively. Soil moisture, canopy temperatures (Tc) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) were all measured from irrigated and non-irrigated maize plots in West Central Nebraska during 2020 and 2021 growing seasons. There were fifteen and twelve input combinations used for ETc and CWSI predictions, respectively, having input variables such as weather and soil moisture as well as ancillary variables, including NDVI, reference evapotranspiration (ETr), and cumulative growing degree days (CGDDs). While evaluating the models, four statistical performance indicators including coefficient of determination (r2), root mean square error (RMSE), mean absoluter error (MAE), and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) were used. Furthermore, ranking scores were performed on statistical results to find the overall best model across all the input combinations. Based on total ranking scores, CatBoost (RMSE ranging between 0.06 – 0.09 unitless) was the best model in predicting CWSI, while Stacked Regression (RMSE ranging between 0.27 – 0.72 mm d−1) was the best model for ETc estimation. Future research will consider designing and evaluating an IDSS using identified best machine learning models to establish soil water and plant stress feedback for automated irrigation scheduling.
AB - Irrigation water management using automated irrigation decision support system (IDSS) as a smart irrigation scheduling tool can improve water use efficiency and crop production, especially under circumstances of limited water supply. The current study evaluated the performance of different artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and their ensembles in forecasting Crop Evapotranspiration (ETc) and Crop Water Stress Index (CWSI) against calculated single crop coefficient FAO56 ETc and Jackson's theoretical CWSI, respectively. Soil moisture, canopy temperatures (Tc) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) were all measured from irrigated and non-irrigated maize plots in West Central Nebraska during 2020 and 2021 growing seasons. There were fifteen and twelve input combinations used for ETc and CWSI predictions, respectively, having input variables such as weather and soil moisture as well as ancillary variables, including NDVI, reference evapotranspiration (ETr), and cumulative growing degree days (CGDDs). While evaluating the models, four statistical performance indicators including coefficient of determination (r2), root mean square error (RMSE), mean absoluter error (MAE), and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) were used. Furthermore, ranking scores were performed on statistical results to find the overall best model across all the input combinations. Based on total ranking scores, CatBoost (RMSE ranging between 0.06 – 0.09 unitless) was the best model in predicting CWSI, while Stacked Regression (RMSE ranging between 0.27 – 0.72 mm d−1) was the best model for ETc estimation. Future research will consider designing and evaluating an IDSS using identified best machine learning models to establish soil water and plant stress feedback for automated irrigation scheduling.
KW - Canopy temperature
KW - Decision support system
KW - Irrigation scheduling
KW - Machine learning models
KW - Soil moisture
KW - Soil water and plant feedback
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U2 - 10.1016/j.atech.2023.100176
DO - 10.1016/j.atech.2023.100176
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85146648662
SN - 2772-3755
VL - 4
JO - Smart Agricultural Technology
JF - Smart Agricultural Technology
M1 - 100176
ER -