evapotranspiration#
The FAO-56 Penman-Monteith calculation and the intermediate quantities it is built from, and evapotranspiration from the latent heat flux of the surface energy balance.
Actual vapour pressure (ea) [kPa] |
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Evapotranspiration (ET) from latent heat flux [mm h-1] |
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Latent heat flux (LE) as the residual of the surface energy balance [W m-2] |
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Latent heat of vaporization (lambda) [MJ kg-1] |
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Calculate potential evapotranspiration (pet) [mm 30min-1] |
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Psychrometric constant (gamma) [kPa degC-1] |
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Saturation vapour pressure (es) [kPa] |
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Slope of vapour pressure curve (delta) [kPa degC-1] |
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Convert wind speed to 2m height [m s-1] |