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A Python implementation of the FAO-56 dual crop coefficient approach for crop water use estimation and irrigation scheduling
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Adjusted Default hini Value #30

Closed jbrekel closed 1 year ago

jbrekel commented 1 year ago

I searched FAO-56 for more insight on what initial height should usually be assumed to be. I couldn't find anything.

Kelly mentioned that the 0.05m value is probably a remnant of the Maricopa spreadsheets.

I changed the default value to 0.013m, which is roughly half an inch. I think that assumption is a little more realistic for most initial crop heights, but I also don't think this parameter matters much at all.

kthorp commented 1 year ago

Let's make it 1 centimeter, so we don't have to talk about inches. hini = 0.010 @isukendall