Drought Assessment and Projection under Climate Change: A Case Study in the Middle and Lower Jinsha River Basin

Table 2

Crop coefficient in each growth stage [32].

Wheat		Maize		Rice
Growth stage		Growth stage		Growth stage
Sowing-emergence	0.70	Sowing-emergence	0.40	Sowing-reviving	0.85
Emergence-tillering	0.40	Emergence-silking	1.18	Reviving-tillering	1.31
Tillering-jointing	0.75	Silking-dough	0.80	Tillering-jointing	1.69
Jointing-heading	1.10			Jointing-heading	1.93
Heading-dough	0.85			Heading-dough	1.57

This study chooses wheat, maize, and rice as the major crops.