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Article history: Affected by various influencing factors, many time series analysis methods are used to predict irrigation
Received 15 July 2016 water. However, it is often assumed to be stationary for the hydrologic time series which will result in an
Received in revised form 4 November 2016 insignificant ‘‘spurious regression”. Actually, irrigation water is largely determined by rainfall and crop
Accepted 19 November 2016
water requirement in the irrigation district. With the wavelet analysis method, the varying fluctuation
Available online 23 November 2016
This manuscript was handled by Andras
characteristics of rainfall, irrigation water, and crop water requirement with multi-temporal scales are
Bardossy, Editor-in-Chief, with the exhibited. The cointegration equilibrium relationship amongst their original time series and decomposed
assistance of Fi-John Chang, Associate Editor time series are also revealed by the cointegration theory. Combining the wavelet analysis method with
the cointegration theory, the wavelet-cointegration prediction model of irrigation water is proposed.
Keywords: The results show that the model has the available prediction accuracy, and the relative errors of all pre-
Wavelet-cointegration prediction dicted years are less than 5%, except 2004 and 2012.
Irrigation water Ó 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Rainfall
Crop water requirement
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between variables originally, but the regression results indicate the pffiffiffiffiffiffi Z
W f ða; bÞ ¼ f ðtÞ; ua;b ðtÞ ¼ 1= jaj f ðtÞuððt bÞ=aÞdt ð2Þ
presence of dependencies. Fortunately, the wavelet analysis pro-
vides a powerful tool for non-stationary signals (Xu and Liu,
where W f ða; bÞ is called the wavelet coefficient, its reconstruction
2013). With the wavelet analysis method, the hydrological time
equation is calculated as (Mallat, 1998):
series can be decomposed into different temporal scales with the
Z þ1 Z þ1
relatively stable statistics characteristics to reflect its fluctuation 1
f ðtÞ ¼ ð1=a2 ÞW f ða; bÞua;b ðtÞdb ð3Þ
features and development patterns (Compagnucci et al., 2000; Cu 1 1
Gaucherel, 2002; Kahya and Kalayci, 2008; Can et al., 2005;
Battista and Visini, 2006; Parmar and Bhardwaj, 2013). Usually, The hydrological time series is often a discrete time series. Sup-
the wavelet analysis method can be integrated with other mathe- pose the discretization of scale parameter a and translation param-
j
matical methods and technologies (Avci, 2007; He et al., 2008; eter b are written as a ¼ a0j , a0 > 1,j 2 Z; b ¼ ka0 b0 , b0 > 0, k 2 Z,
Chenini and Khemiri, 2009; Rajaee et al., 2010; Yilmaz and Oysal, the discrete wavelet function can be described as (Mallat, 1998):
2010; Abiyev, 2011; Zhang et al., 2013; Venkata et al., 2013;
j
Aman, 2015). Moreover, the cointegration theory proposed by uj;k ðtÞ ¼ a0 2 u ðt ka0j b0 Þ=a0j ð4Þ
Engle and Granger (1987) can overcome this shortcoming. The
cointegration theory can deal with the non-stationary time series The discrete wavelet transform wavelet coefficient can be
of variables, and it describes the short-term dynamic fluctuations expressed as (Mallat, 1998):
and long-term balance relationship between variables. The cointe- Z þ1
gration theory has been used in econometrics for decades (Loomis, W f ðj; kÞ ¼ f ðtÞ; uj;k ðtÞ ¼ f ðtÞuj;k ðtÞdt ð5Þ
1
1996; Levin et al., 2002; Han et al., 2004; Basher and Sadorsky,
2006; Chen et al., 2010; Sebri, 2015; Ghosh and Kanjilal, 2016), Thus, its reconstruction equation is calculated as (Mallat, 1998):
and also in hydrological fields in recent years (Yoo and Yang, X
f ðtÞ ¼ C u W f ðj; kÞuj;k ðtÞ ð6Þ
1999; Cole, 2004; Seung-Hoon, 2007), but it is rare for the
j2N;k2N
relationship among rainfall, irrigation water, and crop water
requirement.
Combing the cointegration theory with the wavelet analysis 2.2. Cointegration theory
method, Zhang et al. (2015) have proposed the multi-resolution
cointegration prediction model for runoff and sediment load in 2.2.1. Cointegration concept
Weihe River of China. However, as we know, the water issues of Cointegration theory is commonly used in econometrics to
irrigation districts are distinct from that of rivers. In irrigation dis- describe the dynamic relationship between two or more economic
tricts, ‘‘water supply” involves rainfall and irrigation water, while variables over the long run. According to Engle and Granger (1987),
‘‘water demand” refers to crop water requirement (ETc). Affected if a time series is non-stationary, but it becomes stationary after
by climate changes and human activities, these three variables the d differencing, the original time series is denoted as IðdÞ, which
have some relations among them. The irrigation water in irrigation means it is integrated of order d. Suppose a time series defined as
districts is largely determined by rainfall and ETc. Also from the X t ¼ ðx1t ; x2t ; . . . ; xnt ÞT , if it satisfies the following conditions (Engle
view of hydrological cycle in irrigation districts, irrigation water and Granger, 1987):
and rainfall are ‘‘water input” and ETc is ‘‘water output”. So their
relations are relatively complex. (1) xit Is IðdÞ (i ¼ 1; 2; . . . n), d is integer;
Therefore, the objective of this paper is that the fluctuation (2) the presence of a non-zero vector makes that a particular
characteristics of rainfall, ETc and irrigation water with multi- combination of them Z t aT X t ¼ et is stationary at the level
temporal scales are exhibited using the wavelet analysis method form, that is Z t aT X t ¼ et Ið0Þ.
firstly. Then with the cointegration theory, the short-term fluctua-
tions and the long-term balance relationships of the original time Thus, X t is cointegrated, where a is a cointegrated vector.
series and the decomposed time series are all presented. Finally,
combing the wavelet analysis method with the cointegration the-
2.2.2. Stationary test
ory, the wavelet-cointegration prediction of irrigation water is
Prior to the cointegrated test, the stationary of data series must
established. So, this method not only presents the cointegration
be tested. The unit root test based on the augmented Dickey-Fuller
relations between variables with the different decomposed time
test is widely employed to test the stationary of data series. The
scales, but also ensures the prediction accuracy of irrigation water
ADF test is as the following (Dickey and Fuller, 1979):
with the reconstructed decomposed time series.
X
p
Dyt ¼ a þ bt þ dyt1 þ ni Dyti þ et ð7Þ
2. Materials and methods i¼1
2.1. Wavelet analysis where Dyt ¼ yt yt1 is the first difference of yt , a, b, d, ni are param-
eters, t is time, p is the lag length and et is the pure white noise error
The wavelet function can be defined as: set uðtÞ belongs to a term.
^ ðwÞ satisfies The optimal lag length p is obtained by the smallest Akaike
two-dimensional space L2 ðRÞ, if its Fourier transform u
R information criterion (AIC) or Schwartz criterion (SC) (Schwarz,
the permitted condition C u ¼ R ju ^ ðwÞ2=wdw < 1j, uðtÞ is called a
1978). The null hypothesis of H0 : c ¼ 0 means no cointegration.
mother wavelet or basic wavelet. The telescopic or translation of
The ADF test involves the modified t-statistic allocated with the
mother wavelet uðtÞ can be conducted as follows (Mallat, 1998):
ordinary least squares (OLS) method, and it ensures the null
pffiffiffiffiffiffi
ua;b ðtÞ ¼ 1= jajuððt bÞ=aÞa; b 2 R; a > 0 ð1Þ hypothesis is accepted. The ADF test statistic is a negative number,
and the more negative it is, the stronger the rejection of the
where a is the scale parameter, and b is the translation parameter. hypothesis that there is a unit root. If the ADF test statistic is pos-
The continuous wavelet transform of any function f ðtÞ 2 R2 is itive, one can automatically decide not to reject the null hypothesis
(Mallat, 1998): of unit root. ADF test statistics are computed at significance levels
J. Zhang et al. / Journal of Hydrology 544 (2017) 343–351 345
of 1%, 5% and 10% respectively. If the ADF test statistic is less than where K c ¼ 0:77 is the crop coefficient and determined by farmland
the critical value, then the null hypothesis is rejected. experiments, ET 0 is reference crop evaporation which is calculated
by the Penman-Monteith formula recommended by FAO in 1998.
2.2.3. Cointegration test The original annual data series of rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water
In 1987, Engle and Granger proposed the Engle-Granger (E-G) in the Luhun irrigation district are shown in Fig. 2.
test to test the cointegration of variables. This test method can also
be applied to test trivariate cointegration relationships. The test
steps are that (1) for three time series xt IðdÞ, yt IðdÞ, 3.2. Decomposed time series with wavelet analysis
zt IðdÞ, the cointegration regression is conducted by OLS to
obtain their residuals; (2) then, the unit root test is used to test With Daubechies wavelet at level5 (Db5), the decomposed time
the stationary of the residuals. If the residuals are all Ið0Þ, these series of rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water are obtained (shown in
three time series are cointegrated. Figs. 3–8).
In general, Figs. 3–8 indicate that the rainfall, ETc, and irrigation
2.2.4. Error correction model (ECM) water all present the changes with multi-temporal scales, and the
If the cointegration is in the time series, ECM can be established periodic fluctuations of these variables change severely in small
according to the cointegration theory to describe their long-term scales but become stable in large scales. The periodic fluctuations
balance relationships and short-term fluctuations. An autoregres- in small scales are involved in the periodic fluctuations in
sive distributed lag model of order 1 with three variables medium-large scales. Usually, the periodic fluctuations in large
ADLð1; 1; 1Þ is presented as follows (Zivot and Wang, 2006): scales indicate the change characteristics (such as trend) in the
whole time domain, while the periodic fluctuations in small scales
zt ¼ b0 þ b1 xt þ b3 xt1 þ b1 yt þ b3 yt1 þ b2 zt1 þ et ð8Þ show the details of their changes (such as high and low variation).
The change periods of the decomposed time series of rainfall, ETc,
The mathematical expectation of both sides is (Zivot and Wang,
and irrigation water in the Lunhun irrigation district from 1970
2006):
to 2013 are displayed as Table 1.
b0 b þ b3 Table 1 shows that for rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water, a
Eðzt Þ ¼ þ 1 fEðxt Þ þ Eðyt Þg ð9Þ change periodic of 2–4 years is all in the three 1st-layer decom-
1 b2 1 b2
posed time series. In the 2nd-layer decomposed time series, there
This formula (9) shows the long-term balance relationships of is a change periodic of 4–7 years for ETc and irrigation water, while
xt , yt , andzt . 5–8 years for rainfall. In the 3rd-layer, there is 9–12 years for rain-
ECM is achieved by the first differencing of zt as (Zivot and fall, 8–14 years for ETc, and 8–15 years for irrigation water. In the
Wang, 2006): 4th-layer, a change periodic of 22 years is presented for rainfall,
15–24 years for ETc, and 16–20 years for irrigation water. In the
Dzt ¼ b0 þ b1 ðDxt þ Dyt Þ þ aecmð1Þ þ et ð10Þ
5th-layer, a change periodic of 30 years is displayed for rainfall,
1 þb3 38 years for ETc, and 37 years for irrigation water. The 6th-layer
where a ¼ b2 1 is the error balance coefficient, a ¼ b1b 2
,
decomposed time series indicates the trend of rainfall, ETc, and irri-
b3 ¼ a ðaÞ b1 , ecmð1Þ ¼ zt1 bb12þb
1
3
ðxt1 þ yt1 Þ is the error
gation water, which shows that rainfall tends to decrease, while
correction term and reflects the deviation from the long-term bal- ETc tends to increase, whereas irrigation water decreases firstly,
ance of zt1 when it has the short-term fluctuations. Usually, and then increases.
a < 0 and it indicates the adjust speed of zt which can drive zt back
to keep the long-term balance relationships of xt , yt , and zt . So, ECM
involves not only the short-term fluctuations of Dxt and Dyt , but 3.3. Cointegration analysis
also the adjustment of Dzt to their long-term balance relationship.
3.3.1. Stationary test
3. Results and discussions The data used in this study is all transformed into logs. This log-
arithmic transformation does not change the relations between
3.1. Data series data but it can eliminate the autocorrelation between the time data
series. Since ADF test is based on the linear regression, it assumes
Luhun irrigation district, with its irrigation area of normal distribution. The log-transformation can convert an expo-
8.96 104 hm2, is located in the hilly area in the western Henan nential trend possibly present in the data to a linear trend. There-
province of China (Fig. 1). It crosses the Yellow river basin and fore, it is common practice to log-transform the time series before
the Huai river basin and involves seven counties belonging to three employing ADF test.
cities as Zhengzhou, Pingdingshan and Luoyang. The annual aver- Suppose that rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water time series are
age rainfall in the Luhun irrigation district is only 611.02 mm while xit , yit , and zit (i ¼ 0; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6), x0t , y0t , and z0t denote the origi-
the evaporation attains to 1034.32 mm, so it is more prone to nal time series of rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water while Dx0t , Dy0t ,
meteorological drought. The irrigation water of the Luhun irriga- and Dz0t are their first difference, xit , yit , and zit (i ¼ 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6)
tion district comes from the upper Luhun reservoir constructed indicate their decomposed time series by the wavelet analysis
by the Yihe river (it is the secondary tributary of the Yellow river), method. ADF unit test is used to test the stationary of the original
and the annual irrigation water is 1.82 108 m3. and decomposed time series of rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water.
The used data series are provided by the Irrigation Management Their optimal lag length is determined by the Schwarz criterion.
Bureau of the Luhun irrigation district, which involves the irriga- Table 2 gives out the ADF unit root test of rainfall, ETc, and irriga-
tion water, crop growth parameters, and daily meteorological data tion water time series.
(including rainfall, wind speed, maximum temperature, minimum It can be seen that the original time series of rainfall, ETc, and
temperature, relative humidity, net radiation, etc.) from 1970 to irrigation water have a unit root and are all non-stationary, but
2013. ETc is determined by the following (Allen et al., 1998): after the first differencing, they become stationary. Meanwhile,
there have no unit root in their decomposed time series, so their
ET C ¼ K C ET 0 ð11Þ
decomposed time series are all stationary.
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Rainfall
p ETc Irrigation water
irri
200 1
1200 3.50
Irrigation water
Rainfall/ETc
100
Irrigaton water (108m3)
0.5
1000 3.00
Rainfall/ETc(mm)
0
800 2.50 0
2.00 -100
600 -0.5
1.50 -200
400 1.00 -300 -1
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
200 0.50
Year
0 0.00
1970 1977 1984 1991 1998 2005 2012
Fig. 4. The 2nd-layer decomposed time series of rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water.
Year
Fig. 2. The original annual data series of rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water in the
Luhun irrigation district.
150 0.8
0.6
Irrigation water
100
Rainfall/ETc
0.4
50 0.2
0 0
-50 -0.2
-0.4
200 1.5 -100 -0.6
Irrigation water
100 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
50 0.5 Year
0 0
-50 Fig. 5. The 3rd-layer decomposed time series of rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water.
-0.5
-100
-150 -1
-200
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
-1.5 3.3.2. Cointegration test
Year According to E-G test method, the cointegration regression of
rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water is obtained as the following
Fig. 3. The 1st-layer decomposed time series of rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water. formulas by OLS method firstly. Secondly, with the ADF unit root
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Irrigation water
50
0.1 z4t ¼ 0:000374x4t þ 0:000346y4t ð16Þ
Rainfall/ETc
ð0:000113Þ ð0:000402Þ
0.05
0
0
-50
z5t ¼ 0:000454x5t þ 0:001414y5t ð17Þ
-0.05 ð0:0000368Þ ð0:0000663Þ
-100 -0.1
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
z6t ¼ 0:13845x6t þ 0:216270y6t ð18Þ
Year ð0:017833Þ ð0:017028Þ
Fig. 6. The 4th-layer decomposed time series of rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water. The data in brackets are the standard deviation of correspond-
ing coefficient.
Irrigation water
100 0.1
and irrigation water means that the ECM of xit , yit , and zit
Rainfall/ETc
-100
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
-0.1 0:965584ecm0 ð1Þ ð19Þ
ð0:166613Þ
Year
Fig. 7. The 5th-layer decomposed time series of rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water. Dz1t ¼ 0:000711 0:003362Dx1t þ 0:000989Dy1t
ð0:065119Þ ð0:000458Þ ð0:001233Þ
850 1.95
800
Dz2t ¼ 0:005537 0:001199Dx2t 0:002180Dy2t
Irrigation water
1.9
Rainfall/ETc
test, the residuals of these cointegration regressions are found to 0:043791ecm6 ð1Þ ð25Þ
be stationary. If the residuals are stationary, the time series of rain- ð0:037897Þ
fall, ETc and irrigation water are cointegrated. The residuals of the
cointegration regressions of rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water time The data in brackets are the standard deviation of the correspond-
series are shown in Table 3. It can be seen that taking the signifi- ing coefficient.
cance levels of 1%, 5%, and 10%, the test critical values are all Therefore, regardless of the original time series and the
greater than that of ADF test statistic, so there are all cointegrated. decomposed time series of rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water, the
long-term balance relationships are all presented. Additionally,
z0t ¼ 0:864009x0t þ 0:903889y0t ð12Þ the negative coefficient of error correction term reflects the adjust-
ð0:219820Þ ð0:210422Þ
ing speed of irrigation water. For example, for the original time ser-
z1t ¼ 0:003187x1t 0:000986y1t ð13Þ ies, the coefficient of ecm0 ð1Þ is 0.965584, which means that the
ð0:000899Þ ð0:002342Þ deviation of zt1 will be adjusted 96.5584% to keep the long-term
balance at time t. Meanwhile, the irrigation water in the Luhun
z2t ¼ 0:001468x2t 0:0043572y2t ð14Þ irrigation district is influenced not only by its lagged value, but also
ð0:000601Þ ð0:002285Þ by rainfall and ETc on the short-term level.
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Table 2
The ADF unit root test of rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water time series.
Time series Variables ADF test statistic Testing type (c, t, k) Test critical values Stationary or not
1% 5% 10%
The original x0t 0.170984 (c, 0, 2) 2.6013 1.9459 1.6186 No
y0t 0.366869 (c, t, 3) 2.6019 1.9460 1.6187 No
z0t 1.343278 (c, t, 2) 2.6196 1.9490 1.6200 No
Dx0t 6.903955 (c, 0, 2) 2.6019 1.9460 1.6187 Yes
Dy0t 8.003188 (c, 0, 1) 2.6013 1.9459 1.6186 Yes
Dz0t 8.680822 (c, 0, 1) 2.6196 1.9490 1.6200 Yes
The 1st-layer x1t 10.10466 (c, 0, 1) 2.6182 1.9488 1.6199 Yes
y1t 10.25268 (c, 0, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
z1t 11.26697 (c, 0, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
The 2nd-layer x2t 13.32036 (c, 0, 1) 2.6182 1.9488 1.6199 Yes
y2t 11.25018 (c, 0, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
z2t 10.37645 (c, 0, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
The 3rd-layer x3t 13.04453 (c, t, 1) 2.6182 1.9488 1.6199 Yes
y3t 13.65675 (c, t, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
z3t 8.779563 (c, t, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
The 4th-layer x4t 8.195253 (c, t, 1) 2.6182 1.9488 1.6199 Yes
y4t 11.81044 (c, t, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
z4t 6.375919 (c, t, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
The 5th-layer x5t 13.91021 (c, t, 1) 2.6182 1.9488 1.6199 Yes
y5t 11.46209 (c, t, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
z5t 7.935681 (c, t, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
The trend x6t 7.613658 (c, t, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
y6t 4.761828 (c, t, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
z6t 3.931989 (c, t, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
Note: c is the intercept item, t is the trend item (t = 0 means no trend) and k is the optimal lag length.
Table 3
The residuals of the cointegration regressions of rainfall, ETc, and irrigation water.
Time series ADF test statistic Testing type (c, t, k) Test critical values Stationary or not
1% level 5% level 10% level
(x0t ; y0t ; z0t ) 4.936748 (c, t, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
(x1t ; y1t ; z1t ) 14.13856 (c, 0, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
(x2t ; y2t ; z2t ) 7.707525 (c, 0, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
(x3t ; y3t ; z3t ) 7.152234 (c, 0, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
(x4t ; y4t ; z4t ) 6.154877 (c, 0, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
(x5t ; y5t ; z5t ) 5.088084 (c, t, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
(x6t ; y6t ; z6t ) 6.771244 (c, t, 1) 3.5930 2.9320 2.6039 Yes
Observed values
Simulated values with the wavelet-cointegration prediction model
Simulated values with the cointegration prediction model
3.5
Fig. 10. Comparison the observed values with the simulated values of two cointegration prediction models.
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