evapotranspiration

Definitions

The transfer of water from the surface of the earth to the atmosphere by evaporation, sublimation and transpiration.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Calculated evapotranspirations are climatological values, namely the long-term average of the evapotranspirations.”

“In many environments, evapotranspiration makes up a larger proportion of the catchment water balance than the stream discharge. Thus, for longer periods of rainfall–runoff simulation, it will generally be necessary to estimate⟳ actual evapotranspiration losses from a catchment in order⟳ to have⟳ an adequate representation of the antecedent state of the catchment prior to each rainfall event.”

“SWAP⟳ estimates that all the components of the water balance and the simulated evapotranspirations do not comprise percolation.[…]Figure⟳ 10A shows the ratios between sugarbeet evapotranspirations estimated by water balance and the SWAP-simulated evapotranspirations.”

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