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An equation for potential evaporation from soil, water, and crop surfaces adaptable to use by remote sensing
Author(s) -
Idso Sherwood B.,
Reginato Robert J.,
Jackson Ray D.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl004i005p00187
Subject(s) - evaporation , environmental science , crop , soil science , potential evaporation , work (physics) , remote sensing , surface water , hydrology (agriculture) , agricultural engineering , environmental engineering , geology , agronomy , meteorology , geotechnical engineering , physics , engineering , biology , thermodynamics
Data acquired on four crops growing in three different locations, plus data for a water surface, indicate that a technique we had previously developed for calculating potential evaporation from bare soil surfaces [ Idso , et al., 1975] may work equally well for crops and water without modification.