This study had the aim to develop an automatic and controlled system of regionalized supplemental irrigation demand for the main irrigated crops in the State of Minas Gerais by providing this information three times a week by the World Wide Web (Internet). The socalled IRGNET system uses data collected by automatic weather stations belonging to the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) for the assessment of water loss in crop evapotranspiration and also the water supply by rainfall. A geographic information system was used to spatialize and create thematic maps about crop evapotranspiration and daily rainfall in the State. A computer program was also developed to calculate the soil water balance and to determine the irrigation water depth for any place within the State.
water balance; geographic information system; internet
