ETo_Pan {FAO56}

Evapotranspiration based on Pan Evaporation Method

Description

ETo_Pan returns the value of reference evapotranspiration based on the pan evaporation method.

Usage

ETo_Pan(K_p, E_pan)

Arguments

K_p

A numeric scalar that denotes the pan coefficient.

E_pan

A numeric scalar that denotes the pan evaporation [mm/day].

Details

This is a function to calculate the reference evapotranspiration [mm/day] based on the pan evaporation method.

Value

The function returns the value of the reference evapotranspiration as a numeric scalar.

Reference

Allen, R. G., Pereira, L. S., Raes, D., & Smith, M. (1998). Crop evapotranspiration - Guidelines for computing crop water requirements - FAO Irrigation and drainage paper 56. Fao, Rome, 300(9), D05109.

See Also

ETo_FPM, ETo_Hrg.

Examples

ETo_Pan(K_p = 0.6, E_pan = 5)