ABSTRACT
The quantification of evaporation losses is essentially carried out for systematic planning and management of irrigation system for draught prone area. Direct and indirect methods are popularly adopted for measurement of evaporation. In case of minor irrigation projects, it is challenging and unaffordable to setup, operate and maintain meteorological monitoring systems. Forecasting tools will be helpful in such minor irrigation projects. A fuzzy computing technique will be one of the significant tools to forecast the evaporative losses.
In the present paper a fuzzy approach for forecasting evaporation losses of Makani Reservoir, Osmanabad (MS); India has been carried out. The parameters; temperature, wind speed, and humidity are considered. Linguistic variables are utilized to define input variables and output ranges. An evaporation loss is forecasted by taking into consideration a database for the year 2004 to 2014. A rule base system is adopted for greater precision. The validation is carried out for the next successive years.
