Users - introduce yourself and your applications! #56
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I'll go first. My name is Kendall DeJonge, I am a Research Agricultural Engineer with the USDA-ARS Water Management and Systems Research Unit in Fort Collins, Colorado. Our research program focuses on Limited Irrigation management and evapotranspiration measurement and modeling. For over a decade we had used a spreadsheet model for ET and water balance, but the number of individual treatments and replicates made it overwhelming and difficult to repeat. We had discussed for a long time the need for a programmable version of our model. My team began working with Kelly Thorp to develop pyfao56 v1.1.0, to expand on the initial version of the tool and integrate some of the nuanced approaches of our own water balance model. Josh Brekel @jbrekel was an initial developer supporting v1.1.0 and v1.2.0, and Tyler Pokoski @tpokoski has continued work toward v1.3.0 and beyond. Our efforts have been focused on development of pyfao56 itself, as well as additional development and customization for our unique needs at the Limited Irrigation Research Farm (LIRF). Our customization of pyfao56 for the Limited Irrigation Research Farm (LIRF) resulted in the attached paper, which serves as a great example of how the tool can be customized for various uses. We continue to work with Kelly and others on new functionality, and we're excited that so many people are interested in using pyfao56. |
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Hi Everyone, My name is A. J. Brown, and I am an Agricultural Data Scientist with the Colorado State University Agricultural Water Quality Program. Our program works directly with producers and researchers around the state to research and develop best management practices that protect surface and ground water quality. A large part of this effort is driven my irrigation water management and subsequently quantifying ET. I do a fair bit of coding, and have followed pyfao56 since it's initial release, but am now starting to use it in a collaborative effort with USDA-ARS LIRF and other CSU researchers to improve an already existing irrigation scheduling software called WISE. Part of this improvement will be integrating pyfao56 into the model for improved ET estimation. The project is funded by USDA-NIFA. Additionally, I would be interested in contributing to code improvements as possible, and creating forks for other use cases as needed. For example, I need to calculate 5-minute ET values based on weather station data instead of the current daily or hourly values inherent in existing pyfao56 functions. Unfortunately, I may not be able to attend the inaugural meeting on this coding effort, but I hope to join in the future. |
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There are many new users of pyfao56 with various applications. Knowing what others are working on will encourage collaboration and help track users and applications.
If you like, please introduce yourself in this thread, and feel free to include any relevant details such as:
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