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A Simple Model for Predicting Evaporation from Bare Soils
Author(s) -
Malik Ran Singh,
Anlauf Rüdiger,
Richter Jörg
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
zeitschrift für pflanzenernährung und bodenkunde
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1522-2624
pISSN - 0044-3263
DOI - 10.1002/jpln.19921550409
Subject(s) - permanent wilting point , evaporation , soil water , field capacity , potential evaporation , soil science , environmental science , front (military) , water content , water table , pan evaporation , hydrology (agriculture) , geotechnical engineering , thermodynamics , geology , meteorology , physics , groundwater
A phenomenological model is described for predicting evaporation from bare and freely drained soils with a deep water table. The model delineates three classical and one transitional drying stage as the drying front advances into the soil profile. Daily evaporation is estimated from the daily potential evaporation rate e 0 and depth of the drying front, Z, reached at the start of the day. The approximating relations used for calculating soil evaporation rate as a function of advancing drying front under different drying stages are presented. Input parameters of the model are simple and easily measurable under field conditions viz. daily potential evaporation rate, wilting point and field capacity moisture contents. Predictions of the model were tested using published data for cumulative evaporation. Good agreement was obtained under widely varying evaporative conditions. The model is simple and practical and may be used even for remote areas where the detailed information on soil water retention and transmission characteristics is not available.