deltaVP {sirad}

Slope of saturation vapour pressure curve

Description

'deltaVP' estimates the slope of saturation vapour pressure curve

Usage

deltaVP(Tmax,Tmin)

Arguments

Tmax

Vector of length n containing daily maximum temperature [C].

Tmin

Vector of length n containing daily minumum temperature [C].

Value

Slope of saturation vapour pressure curve [kPaC-1]

Author(s)

Jedrzej S. Bojanowski

References

Allen, R.G., L.S. Pereira, D. Raes, and M. Smith. 1998. Crop Evapotranspiration: Guidelines for computing crop water requirements. Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, pp. 300.

Examples

deltaVP(Tmax=17,Tmin=16)