A simple model for estimating the evaporation from a shallow water reservoir

K. Fraedrich; A. Behlau; G. Kerath; G. Weber

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v29i5.11375

A simple model for estimating the evaporation from a shallow water reservoir

Tellus

Volume 29 (1977): Issue 5

By: K. Fraedrich, A. Behlau, G. Kerath and G. Weber

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|Jan 1977

Abstract

A simple model of the energy fluxes of a well-mixed water reservoir is presented based upon its energy and mass budget. The heating processes due to atmospheric-radiative and hydrological forcing are separated and parameterized in terms of two characteristic temperatures. Accordingly, two related time scales can be deduced which describe the energetical response of the reservoir on the two forcing mechanisms. Three different approximations for the latent heat fluxes are introduced. The model which includes the complete energy balance is applied to the Salton Sea (California) and shows good agreement with the observations.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v29i5.11375 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 428 - 434

Submitted on: Nov 8, 1976

Accepted on: Jan 10, 1977

Published on: Jan 1, 1977

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1977 K. Fraedrich, A. Behlau, G. Kerath, G. Weber, published by Stockholm University Press
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Volume 29 (1977): Issue 5