MONTHLY ETO PENMAN-MONTEITH DATA

(File: D:\ACCRA.pen)

Country: GHANA Station: ACCRA

Altitude: 69 m. Latitude: 5.60 °N Longitude: 0.16 °W

Month Min Temp Max Temp Humidity Wind Sun Rad ETo
°C °C % km/day hours MJ/m²/day mm/day

January 22.8 30.5 76 156 6.2 17.5 3.99

February 23.9 31.1 77 190 6.5 18.8 4.38
March 24.4 31.1 78 190 6.4 19.3 4.47
April 24.4 31.1 81 173 6.4 19.2 4.35
May 23.9 30.5 80 156 6.2 18.3 4.12
June 23.3 28.9 83 156 4.4 15.3 3.41
July 22.8 27.2 83 181 4.0 14.7 3.27
August 21.7 26.7 84 207 4.3 15.7 3.34
September 22.8 27.2 82 216 5.1 17.2 3.64
October 23.3 29.4 82 181 6.4 18.8 4.00
November 23.9 30.5 79 156 7.2 19.0 4.13
December 23.9 31.1 80 147 6.7 17.8 3.95

Average 23.4 29.6 80 176 5.8 17.6 3.92

MONTHLY RAIN DATA

(File: D:\ACCRA.cli)

Station: ACCRA

Eff. rain method: USDA Soil Conservation Service formula:

Peff = Pmon * (125 - 0.2 * Pmon) / 125 for Pmon <= 250 mm
Peff = 125 + 0.1 * Pmon for Pmon > 250 mm

Rain Eff rain

mm mm

January 11.0 10.8

February 22.0 21.2
March 56.0 51.0
April 100.0 84.0
May 132.0 104.1
June 215.0 141.0
July 67.0 59.8
August 28.0 26.7
September 72.0 63.7
October 62.0 55.8
November 28.0 26.7
December 18.0 17.5

Total 811.0 662.5

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 CLIMATE / ETO / RAIN CHART

200
Rain mm
180 Eff rain mm
ETo mm/day
160

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Month

DRY CROP DATA

(File: C:\ProgramData\CROPWAT\data\crops\FAO\POTATO.CRO)

Crop Name: Potato Planting date: 8/1/20/21 Harvest: 12/28/2021

Stage initial develop mid late total

Length (days) 25 30 45 30 130

Kc Values 0.50 --> 1.15 0.75
Rooting depth (m) 0.30 --> 0.60 0.60
Critical depletion 0.25 --> 0.30 0.50
Yield response f. 0.45 0.80 0.80 0.30 1.10
Cropheight (m) 0.60

SOIL DATA
(File: C:\ProgramData\CROPWAT\data\soils\BLACK CLAY SOIL.SOI)

Soil name: BLACK CLAY SOIL

General soil data:

Total available soil moisture (FC - WP) 200.0 mm/meter

Maximum rain infiltration rate 30 mm/day
Maximum rooting depth 900 centimeters
Initial soil moisture depletion (as % TA 50 %
Initial available soil moisture 100.0 mm/meter

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 CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS

ETo station: ACCRA Crop: Potato

Rain station: ACCRA Planting date: 21/08

Month Decade Stage Kc ETc ETc Eff rain Irr. Req.

coeff mm/day mm/dec mm/dec mm/dec

Aug 3 Init 0.50 1.72 18.9 10.8 8.1

Sep 1 Init 0.50 1.77 17.7 18.5 0.0
Sep 2 Deve 0.54 1.97 19.7 23.3 0.0
Sep 3 Deve 0.73 2.73 27.3 21.8 5.6
Oct 1 Deve 0.92 3.58 35.8 20.1 15.7
Oct 2 Mid 1.08 4.31 43.1 19.6 23.6
Oct 3 Mid 1.09 4.41 48.5 16.0 32.5
Nov 1 Mid 1.09 4.46 44.6 11.5 33.0
Nov 2 Mid 1.09 4.50 45.0 8.0 37.0
Nov 3 Late 1.09 4.42 44.2 7.3 36.9
Dec 1 Late 0.99 3.97 39.7 6.8 32.9
Dec 2 Late 0.86 3.39 33.9 5.7 28.1
Dec 3 Late 0.74 2.92 23.4 3.7 18.4

441.9 173.2 271.7

CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS GRAPH

45.0
Irr. Req. mm/dec
40.0 ETc mm/dec

35.0

30.0

25.0

20.0

15.0

10.0

5.0

0.0
9 10 11 12
Month

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 CROP IRRIGATION SCHEDULE

ETo station: ACCRA Crop: Potato Planting date: 21/08

Rain station: ACCRA Soil: BLACK CLAY SOIL Harvest date: 28/12

Yield red.: 0.1 %

Crop scheduling options

Timing: Irrigate at 100 % depletion
Application: Refill to 100 % of field capacity
Field eff. 70 %

Table format: Irrigation schedule

Date Day Stage Rain Ks Eta Depl Net IrrDeficit Loss Gr. Irr Flow
mm fract. % % mm mm mm mm l/s/ha

21 Aug 1 Init 0.0 0.67 67 52 31.7 0.0 0.0 45.3 5.24

2 Sep 13 Init 0.0 1.00 100 25 18.6 0.0 0.0 26.5 0.26
16 Oct 57 Mid 0.0 1.00 100 33 39.2 0.0 0.0 56.0 0.15
29 Oct 70 Mid 0.0 1.00 100 33 39.3 0.0 0.0 56.1 0.50
9 Nov 81 Mid 0.0 1.00 100 30 36.5 0.0 0.0 52.2 0.55
19 Nov 91 Mid 0.0 1.00 100 31 36.7 0.0 0.0 52.5 0.61
30 Nov 102 End 0.0 1.00 100 34 41.2 0.0 0.0 58.9 0.62
18 Dec 120 End 0.0 1.00 100 45 53.9 0.0 0.0 76.9 0.49
28 Dec End End 0.0 1.00 100 18

Totals:

Total gross irrigation 424.5 mm Total rainfall 191.7 mm

Total net irrigation 297.2 mm Effective rainfall 179.1 mm
Total irrigation losses 0.0 mm Total rain loss 12.6 mm

Actual water use by crop 438.4 mm Moist deficit at harvest 22.1 mm

Potential water use by crop 438.9 mm Actual irrigation requirement 259.8 mm

Efficiency irrigation schedule 100.0 % Efficiency rain 93.4 %

Deficiency irrigation schedule 0.1 %

Yield reductions:

Stagelabel A B C D Season

Reductions in ETc 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 %

Yield response factor 0.45 0.80 0.80 0.30 1.10
Yield reduction 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 %
Cumulative yield reduction 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 %

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 IRRIGATION SCHEDULING GRAPH

-20
-10
0 RAM
TAM
10 Depletion
20
Soil water retention in mm

30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
130
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125
Days after planting

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