Tool Evapotranspiration (Grid)

Estimation of daily potential evapotranspiration from weather data with different methods. Besides mean daily temperature it depends on the chosen method which additional data has to be provided. In order to estimate extraterrestrial net radiation some of the methods need to know the location's geographic latitude and the date's Julian day number.

References

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. Link.
Ambikadevi, K.M. (2004): Simulation of Evapotranspiration and Rainfall-runoff for the Stillwater River Watershed in Central Massachusetts.. Environmental & Water Resources Engineering Masters Projects, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Link.
Hargreaves, G.H., Samani, Z.A. (1985): Reference crop evapotranspiration from ambient air temperatures.. Paper presented in ASAE Regional Meeting, Grand Junction, Colorado. Link.

Author: O.Conrad (c) 2015
Menu: Climate and Weather|Evapotranspiration

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Input	Mean Temperature (*)	Grid, input, optional	`T`	[Celsius]	-
	Minimum Temperature (*)	Grid, input, optional	`T_MIN`	[Celsius]	-
	Maximum Temperature (*)	Grid, input, optional	`T_MAX`	[Celsius]	-
	Relative Humidity (*)	Grid, input, optional	`RH`	[Percent]	-
	Solar Radiation (*)	Grid, input, optional	`SR`	[J/cm^2]	-
	Wind Speed (*)	Grid, input, optional	`WS`	[m/s]	-
	Air Pressure (*)	Grid, input, optional	`P`	[kPa]	-
Output	Potential Evapotranspiration	Grid, output	`ET`	-	-
Options	Grid System	Grid system	`PARAMETERS_GRID_SYSTEM`	-	-
	Default	Floating point	`T_DEFAULT`	default value if no grid has been selected	Minimum: -273.150000 Default: 10.000000
	Default	Floating point	`T_MIN_DEFAULT`	default value if no grid has been selected	Minimum: -273.150000 Default: 0.000000
	Default	Floating point	`T_MAX_DEFAULT`	default value if no grid has been selected	Minimum: -273.150000 Default: 20.000000
	Default	Floating point	`RH_DEFAULT`	default value if no grid has been selected	Minimum: 0.000000 Maximum: 100.000000 Default: 50.000000
	Default	Floating point	`SR_DEFAULT`	default value if no grid has been selected	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 2.000000
	Default	Floating point	`WS_DEFAULT`	default value if no grid has been selected	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 5.000000
	Default	Floating point	`P_DEFAULT`	default value if no grid has been selected	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 101.300000
	Method	Choice	`METHOD`	-	Available Choices: [0] Turc [1] Hargreave [2] Penman (simplified) [3] Penman-Monteith Default: 0
	Estimate Solar Radiation	Boolean	`SR_EST`	Estimate solar radiation from date, latitudinal position and sunshine duration as percentage of its potential maximum.	Default: 0
	Sunshine Duration	Floating point	`SUNSHINE`	Daily sunshine duration as percentage of its potential maximum.	Minimum: 0.000000 Maximum: 100.000000 Default: 50.000000
	Time	Choice	`TIME`	-	Available Choices: [0] day [1] month Default: 0
	Month	Choice	`MONTH`	-	Available Choices: [0] January [1] February [2] March [3] April [4] May [5] June [6] July [7] August [8] September [9] October [10] November [11] December Default: 11
	Day of Month	Integer	`DAY`	-	Minimum: 1 Maximum: 31 Default: 20
	Latitude	Floating point	`LAT`	[Degree]	Minimum: -90.000000 Maximum: 90.000000 Default: 53.000000
(*) optional

Command-line

Usage: saga_cmd climate_tools 8 [-T <str>] [-T_DEFAULT <double>] [-T_MIN <str>] [-T_MIN_DEFAULT <double>] [-T_MAX <str>] [-T_MAX_DEFAULT <double>] [-RH <str>] [-RH_DEFAULT <double>] [-SR <str>] [-SR_DEFAULT <double>] [-WS <str>] [-WS_DEFAULT <double>] [-P <str>] [-P_DEFAULT <double>] [-ET <str>] [-METHOD <str>] [-SR_EST <str>] [-SUNSHINE <double>] [-TIME <str>] [-MONTH <str>] [-DAY <num>] [-LAT <double>]
  -T:<str>               	Mean Temperature
	Grid, input, optional
  -T_DEFAULT:<double>    	Default
	Floating point
	Minimum: -273.150000
	Default: 10.000000
  -T_MIN:<str>           	Minimum Temperature
	Grid, input, optional
  -T_MIN_DEFAULT:<double>	Default
	Floating point
	Minimum: -273.150000
	Default: 0.000000
  -T_MAX:<str>           	Maximum Temperature
	Grid, input, optional
  -T_MAX_DEFAULT:<double>	Default
	Floating point
	Minimum: -273.150000
	Default: 20.000000
  -RH:<str>              	Relative Humidity
	Grid, input, optional
  -RH_DEFAULT:<double>   	Default
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Maximum: 100.000000
	Default: 50.000000
  -SR:<str>              	Solar Radiation
	Grid, input, optional
  -SR_DEFAULT:<double>   	Default
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 2.000000
  -WS:<str>              	Wind Speed
	Grid, input, optional
  -WS_DEFAULT:<double>   	Default
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 5.000000
  -P:<str>               	Air Pressure
	Grid, input, optional
  -P_DEFAULT:<double>    	Default
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 101.300000
  -ET:<str>              	Potential Evapotranspiration
	Grid, output
  -METHOD:<str>          	Method
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] Turc
	[1] Hargreave
	[2] Penman (simplified)
	[3] Penman-Monteith
	Default: 0
  -SR_EST:<str>          	Estimate Solar Radiation
	Boolean
	Default: 0
  -SUNSHINE:<double>     	Sunshine Duration
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Maximum: 100.000000
	Default: 50.000000
  -TIME:<str>            	Time
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] day
	[1] month
	Default: 0
  -MONTH:<str>           	Month
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] January
	[1] February
	[2] March
	[3] April
	[4] May
	[5] June
	[6] July
	[7] August
	[8] September
	[9] October
	[10] November
	[11] December
	Default: 11
  -DAY:<num>             	Day of Month
	Integer
	Minimum: 1
	Maximum: 31
	Default: 20
  -LAT:<double>          	Latitude
	Floating point
	Minimum: -90.000000
	Maximum: 90.000000
	Default: 53.000000