A Decision Support Method for Designing Vegetation Layers with minimised Irrigation Need

EasyChair Preprint 476

Abstract

Selecting an optimal vegetation layer design with minimised irrigation need is essential for minimising construction and irrigation costs. This contribution showcases a decision support approach using weathering time series and soil water balances with example data for turf soccer fields in Stuttgart (southwest Germany), as well as in the much drier region around Bernburg (Saale), south of Magdeburg in eastern Germany. The approach relies on minimising the material and irrigiation costs by modifying soil layer design parameters, e.g. the layer height and therefore its water retention capacity.

Keyphrases: Decision Support System, Irrigation, Operations Research, climate data, soccer field, soil water balance, usga green section record, vegetation layer design, water-retention capacity

@booklet{EasyChair:476,
  author    = {Tobias Maschler and Bastian Stürmer-Stephan and Jörg Morhard and Thomas Stegmaier and Meike Tilebein and Hans W. Griepentrog},
  title     = {A Decision Support Method for Designing  Vegetation Layers with minimised Irrigation Need},
  doi       = {10.29007/ss6w},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 476},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2018}}