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The Angström-Prescott (AP) model is widely suggested for estimating global solar radiation (R s), especially for reference crop evapotranspiration (ET0) calculations. Many previous studies indicated that the coefficients of the AP model depend on the climatic and geographical characteristics of study sites. In the present work, calibrated AP models were developed in some climates in Iran. Different radiation scenarios from estimated and measured R s were applied to calibrate the AP coefficients. Radiation scenarios included measured R s (M) and estimated R s from the models of Daneshyar (D) and Hargreaves (H). Daily reference evapotranspiration was calculated using the coefficients obtained from different R s scenarios. The estimated daily ET0 values were compared with field lysimeter data for validation. Results showed that scenarios D and H present the minimum ET0 deviation from lysimeter data. Findings suggested that at the majority of the study sites, calibration of the AP model improved the accuracy of estimated ET0. Results also indicated the applicability of reliable R s estimation methods to calibrate the AP model. Apart from applied R s scenarios, the daily ET0 is underestimated by the FAO56 Penman-Monteith model.
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The authors wish to thank the Islamic Republic of Iran Meteorological Office (IRIMO) Data Center for providing the weather data. Authors also the appreciate Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), for providing the lysimeter data. This work was financially supported by the Office for Research and Technology (ORT), Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.
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The statistical methods used were as follows:
where P i and O i are the ith predicted and observed values, respectively; \( \overline{O} \) is the observed daily averaged value; and n is the total number of observations.
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Mousavi, R., Sabziparvar, A.A., Marofi, S. et al. Calibration of the Angström-Prescott solar radiation model for accurate estimation of reference evapotranspiration in the absence of observed solar radiation. Theor Appl Climatol 119, 43–54 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-013-1086-7
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