Evaporation from natural nonsaturated surfaces
Evaporation from natural nonsaturated surfaces
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-1694(89)90249-7
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发表时间:
1989
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
R. Granger;D. Gray
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作者:
R. Granger;D. Gray
Following a development similar to that used by Penman (1948) a general combination equation is derived to describe evaporation from nonsaturated surfaces. To account for departure from saturated conditions, the equation makes use of the concept of relative evaporation, the ratio of the actual to the potential evaporation, defined here as the evaporation rate which would occur under the existing atmospheric conditions if the surface were saturated at the actual surface temperature. A relationship is established between the relative evaporation and a dimensionless parameter called the relative drying power, the ratio of the drying power to the sum of the drying power and the net available energy (net radiation plus soil heat flux). The relationship is nondimensional and appears to be single-valued. The combination of this relationship with the general evaporation equation derived constitutes a simple model for obtaining estimates of evaporation from nonsaturated surfaces; no prior estimate of the potential evaporation is required, and the surface conditions of temperature and humidity need not be known.