Int. J. Advanced Structures & Geotechnical Engineering

ISSN 2319-5347, ISI Impact Factor: 0.763

VOLUME 03 NO. 03 JULY 2014

Title:        Study on meteorological data and consumptive irrigation requirement for four Upazilas in Rajshahi
Authors:  
 M. K. Bhuiyan, B. Ahmed, M. A. A. Imran
Abstract: 
The nature of land surface is different in different areas in Bangladesh. Rajshahi is a city in western Bangladesh. It is located in the north-west part of the country and situated on the northern banks of the river Padma. This study was conducted for four upazilas such as Godagari, Paba, Durgapur and Puthiaupazila in Rajshahi district of Bangladesh to estimate the consumptive use and consumptive irrigation requirement for various earth surface. As Penman’s method provides more accurate result so that it was used in this study. In this study data was collected from the zonal office of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA), Rajshahi and Bangladesh Meteorological Department, Meteorological complex, Agargaon, Dhaka. From the data analysis the maximum value of consumptive use is 7.31 mm/day in the month of May, 2012 for water surface and the minimum value of consumptive use is 1.09 mm/day in the month of December, 2012 for bare land. The maximum value of consumptive irrigation requirement is 7.01 mm/day for water surface in Godagari, Durgapur and Puthiaupazila. Consumptive use and as well as consumptive irrigation requirements are higher for water surface and lower for surface of bare land due to effect of evaporation.

Keywords:  
Consumptive use, consumptive irrigation requirement, Penman’s method
Page no:     202-206

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