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A Penman‐Brutsaert Model for wet surface evaporation

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Katul, GG; Parlange, MB
Published in: Water Resources Research
January 1, 1992

An atmospheric stability Penman‐Brutsaert model for wet surface evaporation is developed for short time prediction of the diurnal latent heat flux. Monin‐Obukhov similarity theory is used in conjunction with a theoretical scalar roughness length for bluff rough surfaces in the formulation of the drying power of air. The robustness of the model is evaluated with lysimeter measurements of wet bare soil evaporation for a range of atmospheric conditions. Instances where radiation or local advection dominated were measured and modeled. Good agreement (r2 = 0.96) was obtained overall between the Penman‐Brutsaert derived evaporation rates and values measured by the lysimeters. Copyright 1992 by the American Geophysical Union.

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Water Resources Research

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EISSN

1944-7973

ISSN

0043-1397

Publication Date

January 1, 1992

Volume

28

Issue

1

Start / End Page

121 / 126

Related Subject Headings

  • Environmental Engineering
  • 4011 Environmental engineering
  • 4005 Civil engineering
  • 3707 Hydrology
  • 0907 Environmental Engineering
  • 0905 Civil Engineering
  • 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
 

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Katul, G. G., & Parlange, M. B. (1992). A Penman‐Brutsaert Model for wet surface evaporation. Water Resources Research, 28(1), 121–126. https://doi.org/10.1029/91WR02324
Katul, G. G., and M. B. Parlange. “A Penman‐Brutsaert Model for wet surface evaporation.” Water Resources Research 28, no. 1 (January 1, 1992): 121–26. https://doi.org/10.1029/91WR02324.
Katul GG, Parlange MB. A Penman‐Brutsaert Model for wet surface evaporation. Water Resources Research. 1992 Jan 1;28(1):121–6.
Katul, G. G., and M. B. Parlange. “A Penman‐Brutsaert Model for wet surface evaporation.” Water Resources Research, vol. 28, no. 1, Jan. 1992, pp. 121–26. Scopus, doi:10.1029/91WR02324.
Katul GG, Parlange MB. A Penman‐Brutsaert Model for wet surface evaporation. Water Resources Research. 1992 Jan 1;28(1):121–126.
Journal cover image

Published In

Water Resources Research

DOI

EISSN

1944-7973

ISSN

0043-1397

Publication Date

January 1, 1992

Volume

28

Issue

1

Start / End Page

121 / 126

Related Subject Headings

  • Environmental Engineering
  • 4011 Environmental engineering
  • 4005 Civil engineering
  • 3707 Hydrology
  • 0907 Environmental Engineering
  • 0905 Civil Engineering
  • 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience