Term:
Field application efficiency
Definition:
Field application efficiency (Ea) is the ratio between water directly available to the crop and that received at the field inlet.; It represents the efficiency of water application in the field.
Domain:
Water
Source:
Irrigation Water Management: Irrigation Scheduling, FAO, 1989 (ftp://ftp.fao.org/agl/aglw/fwm/Manual4.pdf).