CONVERTING FROM PAN EVAPORATION TO EVAPORATION

Authors
RAGHUWANSHI NS WALLENDER WW
Citation
Ns. Raghuwanshi et Ww. Wallender, CONVERTING FROM PAN EVAPORATION TO EVAPORATION, Journal of irrigation and drainage engineering, 124(5), 1998, pp. 275-277
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Water Resources","Engineering, Civil",Agriculture
Journal title
Journal of irrigation and drainage engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
07339437
Volume
124
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
275 - 277
Database
ISI
SICI code
0733-9437(1998)124:5<275:CFPETE>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Evapotranspiration is an essential component of the hydrologic cycle, and its accurate estimation is necessary for many hydrologic studies. Via the pan coefficient (Kp), pan evaporation data are widely used to estimate grass reference crop evapotranspiration (ETo). An equation fo r predicting Kp that includes both categorical (wind run and relative humidity) and quantitative (fetch length) data was developed using the indicator regression approach. The developed equation predicted Kp va lues better than the existing equations.