The science of food security

MB Cole, MA Augustin, MJ Robertson… - npj Science of Food, 2018 - nature.com
We need to feed an estimated population in excess of 9 billion by 2050 with diminishing
natural resources, whilst ensuring the health of people and the planet. Herein we connect …

Measurements and observations in the XXI century (MOXXI): Innovation and multi-disciplinarity to sense the hydrological cycle

F Tauro, J Selker, N Van De Giesen… - Hydrological sciences …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
To promote the advancement of novel observation techniques that may lead to new sources
of information to help better understand the hydrological cycle, the International Association …

Social weather: A review of crowdsourcing‐assisted meteorological knowledge services through social cyberspace

Y Zhu, S Zhang, Y Li, H Lu, K Shi… - Geoscience Data …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Crowdsourcing has significantly motivated the development of meteorological services.
Starting from the beginning of 2010s and highly motivating after 2014, crowdsourcing‐driven …

Meteonetwork: an open crowdsourced weather data system

M Giazzi, G Peressutti, L Cerri, M Fumi, IF Riva, A Chini… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Citizen science has shown great potential for bringing large groups of people closer to
science, thanks in part to cooperation with universities and research centers. In this context …

Impact of infiltration process modeling on soil water content simulations for irrigation management

M Feki, G Ravazzani, A Ceppi, G Milleo, M Mancini - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
The uncertainty in a hydrological model, due to its structure or implemented input
parameters, affects the accuracy of simulations that are usually used for important …

Evapotranspiration estimates from an energy-water-balance model calibrated on satellite land surface temperature over the Heihe basin

N Paciolla, C Corbari, G Hu, C Zheng… - Journal of Arid …, 2021 - Elsevier
A distributed hydrological energy-water-balance model (FEST-EWB) is calibrated over the
Heihe Basin, a mainly desertic basin in China, employing remotely-sensed Land Surface …

Influence of soil hydraulic variability on soil moisture simulations and irrigation scheduling in a maize field

M Feki, G Ravazzani, A Ceppi, M Mancini - Agricultural water management, 2018 - Elsevier
Hydrological models play a crucial role for their ability to simulate water movement from soil
surface to groundwater and to predict onset of stress conditions within agricultural fields …

Water scarcity leads to food insecurity

S Ouda, AEH Zohry, T Noreldin, S Ouda… - Deficit Irrigation: A …, 2020 - Springer
This chapter provides an overview on the interrelation between water scarcity and food
production. A general perception has been existed worldwide that agricultural water, as the …

Calibration of FEST-EWB hydrological model using remote sensing data in a climate transition region in Brazil

DCS Araujo, SMGL Montenegro, C Corbari… - Hydrological …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The association of hydrological models with remote sensing data allows the estimation of
parameters that cannot be easily measured in situ, especially in regions with poor …

Proximal-sensing-powered modelling of energy-water fluxes in a vineyard: a spatial resolution analysis

N Paciolla, C Corbari, A Maltese, G Ciraolo, M Mancini - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Spatial resolution is a key parameter in energy–water surface flux modelling. In this
research, scale effects are analyzed on fluxes modelled with the FEST-EWB model, by …