Comparison of 15 evaporation methods applied to a small mountain lake in the northeastern USA

Rosenberry, Donald O.; Winter, Thomas C.; Buso, Donald C.; Likens, Gene E.

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.03.018

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“…Studies at a variety of other water bodies (e.g. Sene et al, 1991;Blanken et al, 2000;Blanken et al, 2003;Nordbo et al, 2011) The constant C E site specific value found in this study (1.76× 10 -3 for a measurement height of 10 m) is similar to the site-specific values found in Sacks et al (1994) and Tanny et al (2008), while it is greater than the values found by Brutsaert (1982) and Rosenberry et al (2007). In section 3.3 it was found that atmospheric stability played an important role in determining C E values, where turbulent exchanges of LE were promoted during unstable conditions and suppressed during stable conditions.…”

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“…Global estimates of the number of small reservoirs and lakes is in the order of 300 million, with a total surface area of approximately 2.3 million km 2 (approximately 1.5 % of the Earth's continental surface area) (Downing et al, 2006). Despite the large number and importance of small lakes and reservoirs throughout the world, studies of water surface-atmosphere exchanges tend to be biased towards larger bodies of water (Rosenberry et al, 2007). Energy exchanges between the atmosphere and inland water bodies in the form of latent (LE) and sensible (H) heat fluxes can be ecologically and climatologically important at regional and global scales (Rouse et al, 2005;Long et al, 2007).…”

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“…There have been some studies that have evaluated the performance of evaporation models at small reservoirs (i.e. Rosenberry et al, 2007;McJannet et al, 2013a). However, most approaches have been limited to quantifying daily (or greater) estimates of evaporation.…”

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Modelling sub-daily latent heat fluxes from a small reservoir

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McGowan

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Accurate methods of latent heat flux quantification are essential for water management and for use in hydrological and meteorological models. Currently the effect of small lakes in most numerical weather prediction modelling systems is either entirely ignored or crudely parameterized. In order to test methods for modelling hourly latent heat flux from small water bodies, this study compares results from several modelling approaches to values measured by the eddy covariance method at an agricultural reservoir in southeast Queensland, Australia.Mass transfer estimates of LE calculated using the theoretical mass transfer model and using the Tanny et al. (2008)

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Modelling sub-daily latent heat fluxes from a small reservoir

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“…One of the most accurate methods for estimating long-term lake evaporation is the energy budget method expressed as the Bowen Ratio Energy Budget (BREB) (Harbeck et al, 1958;Lenters et al, 2005;Rosenberry et al, 2007). The application of this method requires measurements of the heat storage of the lake through the collection of the wa- …”

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Evaporation in a Mediterranean environment by energy budget and Penman methods, Lake Baratz, Sardinia, Italy

Giadrossich

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Cohen

et al. 2015

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. In Mediterranean environments, evaporation is a key component of lake water budgets. This applies to Lake Baratz in Sardinia, Italy, a closed lake that almost dried up in 2008 after a succession of years with low seasonal rainfall. We used the energy budget method and Penman's equation to estimate evaporation over Lake Baratz. We measured, using a raft station, water temperature at the surface, at 1, 2, 4, 6 m depth and at the bottom of the lake, as well as air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and net radiation over a period of 3 years. We also compared Penman's equation and the energy budget method in two other climatic zones using published data. Our results indicate that mean yearly evaporation over Lake Baratz was 950 mm. On an annual scale, evaporation estimated by Penman's method omitting heat storage as is usually done was 18 % higher than by the energy budget method that included heat storage, with monthly differences ranging between −38 and +60 %. Including the heat storage term in Penman's equation changed the monthly values but did not change the yearly value significantly. Solar radiation and heat storage were found to be the most important energy fluxes to and from the lake and had the greatest effect on evaporation rates for the energy budget method. The bias between the two methods has a seasonal cycle due to the storage and release of energy from the lake. Energy advected to and from the lake by precipitation, surface water and ground water had minor effect on evaporation rates. Lake Baratz, like other lakes in a Mediterranean environment, is particularly sensitive to the summer hot and dry climate. In contrast, we found that rates of evaporation estimated from Penman and the energy budget methods over tropical African lakes were nearly constant over the entire year and the difference between the two methods smaller. Difference between the two methods for North American lakes is also smaller probably owing to the ice-cover season and to lower radiation and lower temperatures during summer.

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“…The performance rank of the six methods recommended by Winter et al [35], Rosenberry et al [21] and YAO [37] are also listed in Table 5. It would be understandable that the all ranks may be different because the lakes are in different locations, and the datasets used are different YAO [37].…”

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Evaporation and Evaluation of Seven Estimation Methods: Results from Brullus Lake, North of Nile Delta, Egypt

Hussein¹

2017

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Abstract:Variations in lake evaporation have a significant impact on the energy budget and water budget of lake.Understanding these variations and the role of climate is important for water resource management as well as predicting future changes in Lake Hydrology as a result of climate change. This study presents a comprehensive of 10 years dataset (2003 -2012) from Lake Brullus (Nile Delta Lake) North-Egypt for monthly and annually variations in lake evaporation. Evaporation during this interval was calculated using six evaporation methods, based on field meteorology, and lake water temperature data. Actual evaporation determined during a month of a year was estimated using a lake energy budget model, and the estimation was used as reference evaporation for evaluation of the six methods. The deviations of method carried out evaporation results from the reference evaporation were compared among the six methods, and an execution rank was suggested based on the root mean squared deviation and coefficient of efficiency. Makkink method was the best method for the whole data interval, followed by DeBruin-Kejiman method and the poor one is Penman method.

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Comparison of 15 evaporation methods applied to a small mountain lake in the northeastern USA

Cited by 238 publications

References 37 publications

Modelling sub-daily latent heat fluxes from a small reservoir

Modelling sub-daily latent heat fluxes from a small reservoir

Evaporation in a Mediterranean environment by energy budget and Penman methods, Lake Baratz, Sardinia, Italy

Evaporation and Evaluation of Seven Estimation Methods: Results from Brullus Lake, North of Nile Delta, Egypt

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