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Field Measurement of Pan Evaporation 1
Author(s) -
Sims James R.,
Jackson G. D.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1971.00021962006300020046x
Subject(s) - evaporation , pan evaporation , environmental science , field (mathematics) , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , physics , mathematics , pure mathematics
An inexpensive method for measuring pan evaporation at off‐station sites was developed. Evaporation measured by the new method was significantly correlated (1% level) with evaporation measured with a standard U.S. Weather Bureau class A evaporation pan.