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The Heat Budget of a Body of Water of Varying Volume 1
Author(s) -
SAUR J. F. T.,
ANDERSON E. R.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1956.1.4.0247
Subject(s) - evaporation , environmental science , water body , volume (thermodynamics) , energy budget , base (topology) , thermodynamics , mechanics , hydrology (agriculture) , mathematics , physics , geology , environmental engineering , geotechnical engineering , mathematical analysis
When the heat budget is applied to determine the evaporation from a lake of varying volume, the water budget must be considered. Using the continuity of the system a modified equation for evaporation from the heat budget has been developed. The modified equation has a term in the denominator that includes a base temperature used in the calculations. This equation is flexible in use and permits minimizing errors due to unknown quantities in the water budget.