Penman equation

Penman equation

The Penman equation describes evaporation ("E") from an open water surface, and was developed by Howard Penman in 1948. Penman's equation requires daily mean temperature, wind speed, relative humidity, and solar radiation to predict E. Simpler Hydrometeorological equations continue to be used where obtaining such data is impractical, to give comparable results within specific contexts, eg. humid vs arid climates.

Numerous variations of the Penman equation are used to estimate potential evapotranspiration (PET) from water, and land. Specifically the Penman-Monteith equation refines weather based "ET" estimates of vegetated land areas. [cite book |last=Allen |first=R.G. |coauthors=Pereira, L.S.; Raes, D.; Smith, M. |title=Crop Evapotranspiration—Guidelines for Computing Crop Water Requirements |url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/X0490E/x0490e00.HTM |accessdate=2007-10-08 |series=FAO Irrigation and drainage paper 56 |year=1998 |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |location=Rome, Italy |isbn=92-5-104219-5 ] It is widely regarded as one of the most accurate models, in terms of estimates [Rim Chang-Soo. A Study of the Evapotranspiration Estimation in the Semiarid Area. [http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/soilmst/paper.html] ] .Fact|date=February 2007

The original equation was developed by Howard Penman at the Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, UK.

The equation for evaporation given by Penman is::E_{mass}=frac{m R_n + ho_a c_p left(delta e ight) g_a }{lambda_v left(m + gamma ight) }where::"m" = Slope of the saturation vapor pressure curve (Pa K-1):"R"n = Net irradiance (W m-2):"ρ"a = density of air (kg m-3):"c"p = heat capacity of air (J kg-1 K-1):"g"a = atmospheric conductance (m s-1):δ"e" = vapor pressure deficit (Pa):"λ"v = latent heat of vaporization (J kg-1):"γ" = psychrometric constant (Pa K-1)

which (if the SI units in parentheses are used) will give the evaporation "E"mass in units of kg/(m²·s), kilograms of water evaporated every second for each square meter of area.

Remove λ to obviate that this is fundamentally an energy balance. Replace "λ"v with L to get familiar precipitation units "ET"vol, where "L"v="λ"v"ρ"water. This has units of m/s, or more commonly mm/day, because it is flux m3/s per m2=m/s.

This equation assumes a daily time step so that net heat exchange with the ground is insignificant, and a unit area surrounded by similar open water or vegetation so that net heat & vapor exchange with the surrounding area cancels out. Some times people replace "R"n with and "A" for total net available energy when a situation warrants account of additional heat fluxes.

temperature, wind speed, relative humidity impact the values of "m", "g", "c"p, "ρ", and δ"e".

Some useful relationships

:δ"e" = (es - ea) = (1-relative humidity)es:"e"s = saturated vapor pressure of air, as is found inside plant stoma.:"e"a = vapor pressure of free flowing air.:"e"s, mmHg = exp(21.07-5336/"T"a), approximation by Merva, 1975 [Merva, G.E. 1975. Physio-engineering Principles. AVI Publishing Company, Westport, CT.] Therefore m= Delta =frac{d e_s}{d T_a} = frac{5336}{T_a^2} e^{left(2107 - frac{5336}{T_a^2} ight)}, mmHg/K:"T"a = air temperature in kelvins

Literature

Penman, H.L. (1948): "Natural evaporation from open water, bare soil and grass." Proc. Roy. Soc. London A(194), S. 120-145.

Jarvis, P.G. (1976) The interpretation of the variations in leaf water potential and stomatal conductance found in canopies in the field. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. 273, 593-610.

Neitsch, S.L.; J.G. Arnold; J.R. Kliniry; J.R. Wolliams. 2005. Soil and Water Assessment Tool Theoretical Document; Version 2005. Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory; Agricultural Research Service. and Blackland Research Center; Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. Temple, Texas. http://www.brc.tamus.edu/swat/downloads/doc/swat2005/SWAT%202005%20theory%20final.pdf

References

ee also

*Pan evaporation
*Evapotranspiration
*Thornthwaite model
*Blaney-Criddle equation
*Penman-Monteith


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