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

Actual vapour pressure (ea) [kPa]

evapotranspiration_from_latent_heat_flux

Evapotranspiration (ET) from latent heat flux [mm h-1]

latent_heat_flux

Latent heat flux (LE) as the residual of the surface energy balance [W m-2]

latent_heat_of_vaporization

Latent heat of vaporization (lambda) [MJ kg-1]

potential_evapotranspiration_30min

Calculate potential evapotranspiration (pet) [mm 30min-1]

psychrometric_constant

Psychrometric constant (gamma) [kPa degC-1]

saturation_vapour_pressure

Saturation vapour pressure (es) [kPa]

vapour_pressure_curve_slope

Slope of vapour pressure curve (delta) [kPa degC-1]

wind_speed_height_correction

Convert wind speed to 2m height [m s-1]