satVP: Saturation Vapor Pressure

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Saturation Vapor Pressure

Description

Saturation vapor pressure [kPa].

Usage

satVP(
  Tmax = NULL,
  Tmin = NULL,
  Tmean = NULL,
  interval = "day",
  print.warning = T
)

Arguments

Tmax	maximum temperature [degreeC] for daily, weekly, monthly periods
Tmin	minimum temperature [degreeC] for daily, weekly, monthly periods
Tmean	mean air temperature [degreeC] for hourly or shorter periods
interval	hour, day, week or month
print.warning	TRUE or FALSE

Details

interval:

hour (eq. 11 of reference)

interval:

day, week or month (eq. 12 of reference or eq. 11 if only Tmean is provided)

Value

Saturation Vapor Pressure [kPa]

References

Allen, R. G., Pereira, L. S., Raes, D., & Smith, M. (1998). Crop evapotranspiration-Guidelines for computing crop water requirements-FAO Irrigation and drainage paper 56. FAO, Rome, 300(9).

See Also

e0, VP

Examples

satVP(Tmax = 24.5, Tmin = 15, interval = 'day')
satVP(Tmax = 24.5, Tmin = 15, interval = 'week')
satVP(Tmax = 24.5, Tmin = 15, interval = 'month')

satVP(Tmax = 24.5, Tmin = 15, interval = 'hour')
satVP(Tmean = 19.75, interval = 'hour')

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