Determination of crop and soil evaporation coefficients for estimating evapotranspiration in a paddy field

• Published in: International journal of agricultural and biological engineering Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 130 - 139
• Main Authors: Haofang, Yan, Chuan, Zhang, Oue,Peng Guangjie, Hiroki, Opoku Darko, Ransford
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (IJABE) 2017
• Subjects: Agricultural practices; Bowen ratio; Coefficients; Crops; Daytime; Energy balance; Energy measurement; Evaporation; Evapotranspiration; Irrigation; Leaf area; Leaf area index; Leaves; Methods; Moisture content; Oryza; Oryza sativa; Pan evaporation; Rice; Rice fields; Sensors; Soil water; Studies; Water management; Water shortages; Water supply; Water use; Water use efficiency; Japan; India

Accurate estimation of evapotranspiration is important in efficient water management for improving water use efficiency. In order to obtain evapotranspiration and evaporation beneath the canopy using the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) method, pan evaporation was used instead of reference ev...