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For the purpose of this experiment, the irrigation of a reference plot was driven by the farmer according to, mainly empirical, irrigation scheduling while test plot irrigations were being managed following the FAO-56 method, driven by remote sensing. Images were issued from the SPOT4 (Take5) data set, which aimed at delivering image time series at a decametric resolution with less than five-day satellite overpass similar to the time series ESA Sentinel-2 satellites will produce in the coming years. With a Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) of 0.91mm per day, the comparison between daily actual evapotranspiration measured by eddy-covariance and the simulated one is satisfactory, but even better at a five-day integration (0.59mm per day). Finally, despite a chaotic beginning of the experiment\u2014the experimental plot had not been irrigated to get rid of a slaking crust, which prevented good emergence\u2014our plot caught up and yielded almost the same grain crop with 14% less irrigation water. This experiment opens up interesting opportunities for operational scheduling of flooding irrigation sectors that dominate in the semi-arid Mediterranean area.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs61111182","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,11,11]],"date-time":"2014-11-11T08:59:22Z","timestamp":1415696362000},"page":"11182-11203","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":36,"title":["A Life-Size and Near Real-Time Test of Irrigation Scheduling with a Sentinel-2 Like Time Series (SPOT4-Take5) in Morocco"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Michel","family":"Le Page","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CESBIO, Unit\u00e9 Mixte de Recherche (CNRS, UPS, CNES, IRD), Toulouse 31000, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jihad","family":"Toumi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"LMME, Facult\u00e9 des Sciences Semlalia, Universit\u00e9 Cadi Ayyad de Marrakech,  Marrakech 40000, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3309-9935","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sa\u00efd","family":"Khabba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"LMME, Facult\u00e9 des Sciences Semlalia, Universit\u00e9 Cadi Ayyad de Marrakech,  Marrakech 40000, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Olivier","family":"Hagolle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CESBIO, Unit\u00e9 Mixte de Recherche (CNRS, UPS, CNES, IRD), Toulouse 31000, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adrien","family":"Tavernier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CESBIO, Unit\u00e9 Mixte de Recherche (CNRS, UPS, CNES, IRD), Toulouse 31000, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"M.","family":"Kharrou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ORMVAH, Office R\u00e9gional de Mise en Valeur Agricole du Haouz, Marrakech 40000, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8595-7949","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Salah","family":"Er-Raki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"LP2M2E, Facult\u00e9 des Sciences et Techniques, Universit\u00e9 Cadi Ayyad de Marrakech,  Marrakech 40000, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mireille","family":"Huc","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CESBIO, Unit\u00e9 Mixte de Recherche (CNRS, UPS, CNES, IRD), Toulouse 31000, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohamed","family":"Kasbani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CESBIO, Unit\u00e9 Mixte de Recherche (CNRS, UPS, CNES, IRD), Toulouse 31000, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abdelilah","family":"Moutamanni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CESBIO, Unit\u00e9 Mixte de Recherche (CNRS, UPS, CNES, IRD), Toulouse 31000, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohamed","family":"Yousfi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ORMVAH, Office R\u00e9gional de Mise en Valeur Agricole du Haouz, Marrakech 40000, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lionel","family":"Jarlan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CESBIO, Unit\u00e9 Mixte de Recherche (CNRS, UPS, CNES, IRD), Toulouse 31000, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,11,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Blinda, M. 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