PEARL simulations were performed for the period 2004–2012
and included an evaluation of the hydrology of the whole rice-prawn
production system during the entire year. Due to a lack of measured
data (e.g. time series of percolation, groundwater tables, water depth
on the field) we calibrated PEARL manually only considering the ricegrowing
period and using a set of requirements established using literature
data (see SI).