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Paula Paredes is affiliated with the University of Lisbon in Portugal and has a research profile focused on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work encompasses several specialized subfields, including global and planetary change, plant science, soil science, water science and technology, and ecology.

The primary topics covered by Paula Paredes' research include:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Irrigation Practices and Water Management
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis

Paula Paredes has contributed extensively to several academic journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Agricultural Water Management
  • Irrigation Science
  • Agronomy
  • Water
  • Informes Científicos - Técnicos UNPA

The following are selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Paula Paredes, including the year of publication and venue:

  • Soil water balance models for determining crop water and irrigation requirements and irrigation scheduling focusing on the FAO56 method and the dual Kc approach, 2020, Agricultural Water Management
  • Standard single and basal crop coefficients for field crops. Updates and advances to the FAO56 crop water requirements method, 2020, Agricultural Water Management
  • Prediction of crop coefficients from fraction of ground cover and height. Background and validation using ground and remote sensing data, 2020, Agricultural Water Management
  • Standard single and basal crop coefficients for vegetable crops, an update of FAO56 crop water requirements approach, 2020, Agricultural Water Management
  • A review of strategies, methods and technologies to reduce non-beneficial consumptive water use on farms considering the FAO56 methods, 2020, Agricultural Water Management

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Paula Paredes include:

  • L. S. Pereira
  • Maria do Rosário Cameira
  • R. López-Urrea
  • Tiago B. Ramos
  • João Rolim

Best Publications

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

    Ricardo D. Rosa;Paula Paredes;Gonçalo C. Rodrigues;Isabel Alves

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

    LS Pereira;P Paredes;Nebojsa Jovanovic

  • 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

    P. Paredes;J.P. de Melo-Abreu;I. Alves;L.S. Pereira

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

    P. Paredes;G.C. Rodrigues;I. Alves;L.S. Pereira

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

    Baozhong Zhang;Yu Liu;Di Xu;Nana Zhao

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

    Nana Zhao;Yu Liu;Jiabing Cai;Paula Paredes

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

    L.S. Pereira;P. Paredes;D.J. Hunsaker;R. López-Urrea

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

    L.S. Pereira;P. Paredes;E.D. Сholpankulov;O.P. Inchenkova

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

    Ricardo D. Rosa;Paula Paredes;Gonçalo C. Rodrigues;Rui M. Fernando

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

    Teresa A. Paço;Isabel Pôças;Mário Cunha;José C. Silvestre

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

    Zheng Wei;Paula Paredes;Yu Liu;Wei Wei Chi

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

    L.S. Pereira;P. Paredes;F. Melton;F. Melton;L. Johnson;L. Johnson

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

    Luis S. Pereira;Paula Paredes;Gonçalo C. Rodrigues;Manuela Neves

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

    L.S. Pereira;P. Paredes;R. López-Urrea;D.J. Hunsaker

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

    T. A. Paço;M. I. Ferreira;R. D. Rosa;P. Paredes

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

    P. Paredes;Z. Wei;Y. Liu;D. Xu

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

    Qingfeng Miao;Ricardo D. Rosa;Haibin Shi;Paula Paredes

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

    Isabel Pôças;Teresa A. Paço;Paula Paredes;Mário Cunha

  • 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

    Gonçalo C. Rodrigues;Paula Paredes;José M. Gonçalves;Isabel Alves

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

    N. Jovanovic;L.S. Pereira;P. Paredes;I. Pôças

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

    Juliano D. Martins;Gonçalo C. Rodrigues;Paula Paredes;Reimar Carlesso

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

    E.D. Cholpankulov;O.P. Inchenkova;P. Paredes;L.S. Pereira

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis S. Pereira
Luis S. Pereira University of Lisbon
Richard G. Allen
Richard G. Allen University of Idaho
Isabel F. Trigo
Isabel F. Trigo Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Luis Giménez
Luis Giménez Bangor University

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