User talk:Paleorthid/Archive 2

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Thanks for kudo
Very nice of you mate, especially coming from a soil scientist. Long time since I took horticulture in college, and I live in place with almost no soil now (Florida Keys). I tried to make the article at least a bit more readable. Glad you think I succeeded! Obviously could still use a lot more info, fascinating subject. DavidH July 7, 2005 20:59 (UTC)

Penman notes
The concept of PET was first developed by H. L. Penman in the 1940's. Penman, H.L. 1948. Natural evaporation from open water, bare soil and grass. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A193: 120-146.

crop coefficient
A crop coefficient a coefficient calculated as the ratio of reference evapotranspiration and crop evapotranspiration for any crop. It is useful to compute the irrigation demand of any crop based on its growth stage.

Models

 * Benke-Massey. A combined radiation-temperature approach, PET in the Benke-Massey model is a function of solar radiation, based on latitude, and air temperature.
 * Blaney-Criddle (1950, 1958). A temperature method.
 * SCS modified Blaney-Criddle (SCS, 1967) A temperature method. Considered not very accurate. Underestimates under dry, windy or hot conditions. Overestimates under cloudy, humid or calm conditions.
 * Hargreaves. (1985) Basically a radiation approach, this model also uses some temperature data.
 * Jarvis-McNaughton (1986). Derived from modified Penman-Monteith.
 * Jensen-Haise. (1963)
 * Kharuffa
 * Kohler.
 * McCloud (1955). A temperature approach.
 * Penman (1948): A combined radiation-temperature approach, Penman equations require temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, saturation vapor pressure, and net radiation. It also uses complicated unit conversions and lengthy calculations. A variation of Penman-Monteith uses only air temperature data.
 * Penman (1963): A combined radiation-temperature approach.
 * FAO24 Modified Penman (Doorenbos & Pruitt1977). A combined radiation-temperature approach.
 * modified FAO Penman (allen, 1998). A combined radiation-temperature approach.
 * IFAS Penman (Jones,1984).
 * ASCE modified Penman (Walter,2000) A combined radiation-temperature approach
 * Penman-Monteith (Monteith 1973). A combined radiation-temperature approach, it also depends on plant cover type.
 * modified Penman-Monteith (Linacre 1977). Appears this is also known as Linacre ((1977, 1984, 1991).   Linacre reportedly uses temperature data alone.
 * ASCE Penman-Monteith (Jensen, 1990). A combined radiation-temperature approach
 * Priestly-Taylor (1972).  A combined radiation-temperature approach, it also depends on plant cover type.  PET is based on solar radiation with daily minimum and maximum air temperature.
 * Hargreaves and Samani (1982,1985): Hargreaves-Samani use air temperature data.
 * Thornwaite (1944,1948): Using a temperature based model, Thornwaite developed a monthly regional water balance model with 3 components (Precipitation, Overland Runoff, Evaporation) and comprised of 4 parameters (Precipitation, Temperature, Latitude, Soil Water Holding Capacity).  This model was used as the basis for many future development of regional water balance models.Thornwaite is known to systematically underestimate PET in more arid regions and seasons.
 * Thornwaite and Mather (1955). A temperature-based approach with only two parameters.
 * Turc (1961). A radiation-based approach.