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Evapotranspiration under advective conditions

International Journal of Biometeorology volume 49, pages 403–416 (2005)Cite this article

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Arid and semi-arid regions are heterogeneous landscapes in which irrigated fields are surrounded by arid areas. The advection of sensible heat flux from dry surfaces is a significant source of energy that has to be taken into consideration when evaluating the evaporation from crops growing in these areas. The basic requirement of most of the common methods for estimating evapotranspiration [Bowen ratio, aerodynamic and Penman–Monteith (PM) equation] is that the horizontal fluxes of sensible and latent heat are negligible when compared to the corresponding vertical fluxes. We carried out measurements above an irrigated tomato field in a desert area. Latent and sensible heat fluxes were measured using a four-level Bowen machine with aspirated psychrometers. Our results indicate that under advective conditions only measurements carried out in the lowest layer are satisfactory for the estimation of latent heat fluxes and that the use of the PM equation with an appropriately parameterized canopy resistance may be preferable.

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Acknowledgements

During her visit to the Jacob Blaustein Institute of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev P. Figuerola received a fellowship from the FOMEC (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) and from the CONICET (National Council for Science and Technology, Argentina).

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  1. Dpto. de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón 2, 2do. Piso, Buenos Aires, 1428, Argentina

    Patricia I. Figuerola

  2. Wyler Department of Dryland Agriculture, Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, 84990, Israel

    Pedro R. Berliner

  3. Arid Land Research Centre, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan

    Pedro R. Berliner

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This work was carried out by the author during her sojourn at the Wyler Department for Drayland Agriculture, Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

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Figuerola, P.I., Berliner, P.R. Evapotranspiration under advective conditions. Int J Biometeorol 49, 403–416 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-004-0252-0

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Keywords

  • Evapotranspiration
  • Advection
  • Evapotranspiration models