Estimation of evaporation from the Dead Sea

A project to link the Dead Sea to the Red Sea via a canal is undergoing extensive study. As part of this study, a method to estimate evaporation from the Dead Sea is required as it is a hypersaline lake in which standard methods cannot be applied. Two methods based on Penman and Dalton formulae were...

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Published inHydrological processes Vol. 13; no. 17; pp. 2743 - 2750
Main Authors Asmar, B. N., Ergenzinger, Peter
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 15.12.1999
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Summary:A project to link the Dead Sea to the Red Sea via a canal is undergoing extensive study. As part of this study, a method to estimate evaporation from the Dead Sea is required as it is a hypersaline lake in which standard methods cannot be applied. Two methods based on Penman and Dalton formulae were examined. The method derived here is a modified Penman model that estimates the evaporation as a function of salinity, humidity, air temperature and wind speed. Other parameters such as water temperature are included implicitly in the model. The results obtained were verified as satisfactory agreement was achieved by comparison with previous measurements. A short‐cut relationship to estimate evaporation as a function of salinity only was also derived. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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ISSN:0885-6087
1099-1085
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19991215)13:17<2743::AID-HYP845>3.0.CO;2-U