Talk:Penman equation
Latest comment: 14 years ago by 187.132.3.243 in topic I should be able to, since my rain garden simulation model depends on it:)
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is someone able to show a worked example for this, I don't know if I am using it correctly. Teeteetee 14:07, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
I should be able to, since my rain garden simulation model depends on it:)
editI see nothing unverifiable about the original Penman equation, but I confess this is not the form of Penman's Equation most accurate for vegetation. The FAO56 standard covers that.
Priestly Taylor...
I may talk with my adviser, Bruce N. Wilson at the U of M, to muster a better explanation of this equation and the various forms for plant evapotranspiration (eg. Penman-Monteith). Time is always the issue. BrianAsh
- Okay, here the equation is worked out, mostly with help from FAO-56: (http://www.fao.org/docrep/X0490E/x0490e06.htm)
- Basically, the crux is to find the atmospheric conductance (m s-1). FAO-56 P-M uses aerodynamic resistance [s m-1], (208/u2) or conductance's inverse, so the formula is otherwise the same if you remove the stomatal resistance terms from FAO-56.
- I was seeking the evaporation (sweat) rate for a human, so I discarded the radiation (and latent heat) terms. The initial values for this example are: temperature = 34, dew point = 10, elevation = 10 and wind speed = 10
- 423.70787202733 ETo reference evapotranspiration [W m-2]
- 1.1458764954493 rho a mean air density at constant pressure [kg m-3]
- 1012 cp specific heat of the air [J/(kg·K)]
- 4.1279690380751 es saturation vapour pressure [kPa],
- 1.1236872033495 ea actual vapour pressure [kPa],
- 27.733333333333 ra aerodynamic resistance [s m-1],
- 0.2298311011042 D slope vapour pressure curve [kPa °C-1],
- 0.06664547816281 g psychrometric constant [kPa °C-1].
- 1.1458764954493 rho a=n*28.9/1000
- 39.649705724888 n=PV/RT
- 8.3144 R
- 307 T air temperature at 2 m height [°C],
- 7.5 u2 wind speed at 2 m height [m s-1],
- Baden