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Contemporary methods of evapotranspiration estimation are described in detail, along with transpiration and evaporation. Measurement of evapotranspiration by lysimeters (from bare soil or soil with a canopy) and measurement of evaporation from a water table are described. A wide variety of evapotranspiration calculation systems are presented, starting with the soil water balance method. These include a group of micrometeorological techniques to which belong turbulent diffusion, energy balance, eddy correlation, and the so-called combination method, which combines water vapor and sensible heat transport equations and the energy balance equation at the evaporating surface. The Penman and Penman-Monteith approaches also belong to this group of procedures. Many empirical equations allow potential evapotranspiration calculation with limited data input. A method of tree transpiration estimation using sap flow measurement is described.
Keywords
- Soil Water Content
- Potential Evapotranspiration
- Potential Evaporation
- Water Vapor Transport
- Water Vapor Flux
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Novák, V. (2012). Methods of Evapotranspiration Estimation. In: Evapotranspiration in the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere System. Progress in Soil Science. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3840-9_9
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