MACHIANHAVILAH

EVAPORATION: A PART OF THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE

A CVE 841 TERM PAPER
UDUEBOR MICHEAL AA
CVE/06/7988

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents List of Figures CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 1.2 1.3 Evaporation Evaporation Factors influencing the rate of evaporation CHAPTER TWO 2.0 2.1 Evaporation from free surface Evaporation from water surfaces (Lake Evaporation ) 2.1.1 Methods of Estimating Lake Evaporation 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Evaporation Pans Measures to Reduce Lake Evaporation Soil Evaporation Unsaturated flow Transpiration Terms in Evaporation

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CHAPTER THREE 3.1 3.2 Evapotranspiration and the water cycle Evaporation and Condensation 16 17

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3.2.1 Indirect methods 3.2.2 Catchment water balance 3.2.3 Hydrometeorological equations 3.2.4 Energy balance CHAPTER FOUR 4.0 Experimental Method for measuring ET 4.1 Eddy covariance

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CHAPTER FIVE 5.0 Conclusion 23 24

REFERENCES

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Water cycle of the Earth's surface, showing the individual components of transpiration and evaporation that make up evapotranspiration. Figure 2: The Hydrologic cycle Figure 3: Monthly estimated potential evapotranspiration and measured pan evaporation for two locations in Hawaii, Hilo and Pahala

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