Penman and Thornwait Equations for Estimating Reference Evapotranspiration Under Semi-Arid Environment

Muhammad Hafeez (), Allah Bakhsh (), Abdul Basit (), Zia Ahmad Chattha (), Alamgir Akhtar Khan (), Muhammad Adnan Majeed () and Fatima Tahira ()

Current Research in Agricultural Sciences, 2020, vol. 7, issue 1, 6-14

Abstract: The estimation of reference evapotranspiration (ETo) is required for effective development and management of agriculture water systems. In order to define the most accurate method to estimate ETo in semi-arid climatic environment of Faisalabad, Lahore and Peshawar. Penman and Thornwait ETo methods are compared with standard Penman-Monteith (PM) ETo method. The statistical results show that Penman ETo method overestimates PM ETo method in all the semi-arid climatic regions of Faisalabad, Lahore and Peshawar by 34.91%, 39.51% and 30.75%, respectively. The R2 were 0.98, 0.98 and 0.99 at Faisalabad, Lahore and Peshawar weather stations, respectively. The RMSE were 2.47 mm/day, 2.64 mm/day and 2.19 mm/day at Faisalabad, Lahore and Peshawar weather station, respectively. The MBE of -2.41 mm/day, -2.58 mm/day and -2.13 mm/day were noted at Faisalabad, Lahore and Peshawar weather stations, respectively. The statistical result of Thornwait (Th) ETo method as compared with PM ETo method indicates underestimation of ETo in winter season and overestimation of ETo in summer season by 13.81%, 22.43% and 14.54% at Faisalabad, Lahore and Peshawar stations, respectively. The R2 of 0.92, 0.89 and 0.95 were noted at Faisalabad, Lahore and Peshawar weather stations, respectively. The RMSE were 2.14 mm/day, 2.36 mm/day and 1.16 mm/day at Faisalabad, Lahore and Peshawar weather stations, respectively. The MBE were -0.68 mm/day, -1.12 mm/day and 0.61 mm/day at Faisalabad, Lahore and Peshawar weather stations, respectively. Overall, Thornwait method gave better estimation of ETo than Penman ETo method at all the weather stations.

Keywords: Penman; Thornwait; Penman-Monteith; Reference evapotranspiration; Semi-arid; Environment. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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