Temperature-based approaches for estimating reference evapotranspiration

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has proposed using the Penman–Monteith (FAO-56 PM) method as the standard method for estimating reference evapotranspiration ( ET0 ) , and for evaluating other methods. The basic obstacle to widely using this method is the numerous required data that are not available at many weather stations. The maximum and minimum air temperatures constitute a set of minimum data necessary for the estimation of ET0 . The basic goal of the paper is to examine whether it is possible to attain the reliable estimation of ET0 only on the basis of the temperature data. This goal was reached by the evaluation of the reliability of four temperature-based approaches [radial basis function (RBF) network, Thornthwaite, Hargreaves, and reduced set Penman–Monteith methods] as compared to the FAO-56 PM method. The seven weather stations selected for this study are located in Serbia (Southeast Europe). The Thornthwaite, Hargreaves, and reduced set Penman–Monteith metho...

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