Luis S. Pereira

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

• Statistics
• Agriculture
• Irrigation

His main research concerns Irrigation, Evapotranspiration, Hydrology, Crop coefficient and Irrigation management. His work deals with themes such as Agriculture, Wind speed, Meteorology, Arid and Agricultural engineering, which intersect with Evapotranspiration. His research in Hydrology intersects with topics in Soil water and Forestry.

Luis S. Pereira combines subjects such as Soil science, Water balance, Vegetation and Water content with his study of Crop coefficient. His Irrigation management research incorporates themes from Water conservation, Deficit irrigation, Irrigation statistics and Irrigation scheduling. His Irrigation statistics study incorporates themes from Consumptive water use, Groundwater flow, Atmometer and Blaney–Criddle equation.

His most cited work include:

• Crop evapotranspiration : guidelines for computing crop water requirements (15397 citations)
• Irrigation management under water scarcity (588 citations)
• Revised FAO Procedures for Calculating Evapotranspiration: Irrigation and Drainage Paper No. 56 with Testing in Idaho (521 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Luis S. Pereira focuses on Irrigation, Evapotranspiration, Hydrology, Crop coefficient and Soil water. His studies deal with areas such as Water use and Water resource management as well as Irrigation. His Evapotranspiration research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Climatology, Wind speed, Meteorology, Lysimeter and Arid.

The various areas that Luis S. Pereira examines in his Crop coefficient study include Agricultural engineering and Vegetation. His Soil water study combines topics in areas such as Water balance and Water content. His Irrigation management study frequently draws parallels with other fields, such as Irrigation statistics.

He most often published in these fields:

• Irrigation (35.82%)
• Evapotranspiration (26.57%)
• Hydrology (24.78%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

• Evapotranspiration (26.57%)
• Crop coefficient (19.70%)
• Irrigation (35.82%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Evapotranspiration, Crop coefficient, Irrigation, Water use and Agronomy. His Evapotranspiration research is within the category of Hydrology. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Agricultural engineering and Canopy.

His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Soil water and Surface runoff. His work is dedicated to discovering how Irrigation management, Consumptive water use are connected with Soil management and other disciplines. His research in Deficit irrigation is mostly focused on Irrigation statistics.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

• Coping with salinity in irrigated agriculture: Crop evapotranspiration and water management issues (45 citations)
• Modeling water use, transpiration and soil evaporation of spring wheat–maize and spring wheat–sunflower relay intercropping using the dual crop coefficient approach (39 citations)
• Water, Agriculture and Food: Challenges and Issues (35 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

• Statistics
• Agriculture
• Ecology

Luis S. Pereira mainly focuses on Evapotranspiration, Irrigation, Crop coefficient, Agronomy and Water use. His Evapotranspiration research incorporates themes from Dew point, Wind speed, Meteorology, Arid and Hydrogeology. Leaching, Agricultural engineering, Salinity and Soil salinity is closely connected to Water balance in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Irrigation.

Luis S. Pereira interconnects Surface irrigation, Intercropping, Monocropping and Irrigation scheduling in the investigation of issues within Crop coefficient. His biological study deals with issues like Deficit irrigation, which deal with fields such as Irrigation management, Productivity and Yield. His Irrigation management study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Consumptive water use and Sowing.