Comparison of Simpler Radiation-Based ET Models with Penman Monteith model for Humid Region
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https://doi.org/10.52151/jae2004414.1102Abstract
The three relatively simpler radiation-based models: Ture, Jensen-Haise and Priestley-Taylor were used to estimate reference evapotranspiration (ET0> at different humid locations of Assam, India. The Penman-Monteith model was selected as the standard for evaluating the performance of the other three radiation-based models. The averaged monthly meteorological data were used for estimating the ETo' Good correlation was found between ETo values estimated by each of the three radiation-based models. The least and the highest values of RMSE varied between 0.16 (Gohpur) and 0.82 (Dhubri) for Priestley-Taylor model; 0.95 (Dhubri) and 1.68 (Silicorie) for Ture model; and 1.89 (Dhubri) and 2.97 (Silicorie) for lensen-Haise model. The study revealed that among all the three radiation-based models, the Priestley-Taylor model yielded average estimate of ET0 closest to the Penman-Monteith model.
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