Lesson 6: Evaporation and Transpiration

Learning Objectives

• Define evaporation and transpiration
• Interpret relative differences in evaporation and sensible heating in term of the Bowen's ratio
• Compute evaporation rates using the energy budget approach
• Explain concepts of potential and actual evapotranspiration for a vegetated land surface

Handouts (bring to class)

• Evaporation & Transpiration

Reading Assignment

• Chin: 6.8 Evapotranspiration
• Chin: 6.8.1 The Penman-Montieth Equation

Homework Problems

• Problem 8