Reply to Comment by Zhang on "Exploring the Influence of Smallholders' Perceptions Regarding Water Availability on Crop Choice and Water Allocation Through Socio-hydrological Modeling"

L Kuil; T Evans; P F McCord; J L Salinas; G Blöschl

doi:10.1029/2018WR024328

Reply to Comment by Zhang on "Exploring the Influence of Smallholders' Perceptions Regarding Water Availability on Crop Choice and Water Allocation Through Socio-hydrological Modeling"

Water Resour Res. 2019 Mar;55(3):2536-2543. doi: 10.1029/2018WR024328. Epub 2019 Mar 26.

Authors

L Kuil¹, T Evans², P F McCord³, J L Salinas⁴, G Blöschl^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Water Resource Systems Vienna University of Technology Vienna Austria.
² School of Geography and Development University of Arizona Tucson AZ USA.
³ Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability Michigan State University East Lansing MI USA.
⁴ Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management Vienna University of Technology Vienna Austria.

Abstract

Zhang (2019, https://doi.org/10.1002/wrcr.v54.4) criticizes several of the assumptions and parameter choices of the model of Kuil et al. (2018, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR021420) and claims that, due to an inconsistency in the irrigation equation, the key findings should be interpreted with much caution. We address each of the comments and show that the conclusions of Kuil et al. (2018, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR021420) remain fully valid.