Estimation of evaporation from the Dead Sea

• Published in: Hydrological processes Vol. 13; no. 17; pp. 2743 - 2750
• Main Authors: Asmar, B. N., Ergenzinger, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 15.12.1999; Wiley
• Subjects: Dalton model; Dead Sea evaporation; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; Marine geology; Penman model; regression; saline lake; Middle East; Dead Sea; salinity; canals; salt lakes; projects; mathematical models; Red Sea; air; velocity; water; Asia; winds; regression; temperature; humidity; evaporation

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...