utils_saturationVP: Physical utility functions

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Physical utility functions

Description

Set of functions used in the calculation of physical variables.

Usage

utils_saturationVP(temperature)

utils_averageDailyVP(Tmin, Tmax, RHmin, RHmax)

utils_atmosphericPressure(elevation)

utils_airDensity(temperature, Patm)

utils_averageDaylightTemperature(Tmin, Tmax)

utils_latentHeatVaporisation(temperature)

utils_latentHeatVaporisationMol(temperature)

utils_psychrometricConstant(temperature, Patm)

utils_saturationVaporPressureCurveSlope(temperature)

Arguments

temperature	Air temperature (ºC).
Tmin, Tmax	Minimum and maximum daily temperature (ºC).
RHmin, RHmax	Minimum and maximum relative humidity (%).
elevation	Elevation above sea level (in m).
Patm	Atmospheric air pressure (in kPa).

Value

Values returned for each function are:

• utils_airDensity: air density (in kg·m-3).

• utils_atmosphericPressure: Air atmospheric pressure (in kPa).

• utils_averageDailyVP: average (actual) vapour pressure (in kPa).

• utils_averageDaylightTemperature: average daylight air temperature (in ºC).

  utils_latentHeatVaporisation: Latent heat of vaporisation (MJ·kg-1).

  utils_latentHeatVaporisationMol: Latent heat of vaporisation (J·mol-1).

• utils_psychrometricConstant: Psychrometric constant (kPa·ºC-1).

• utils_saturationVP: saturation vapour pressure (in kPa).

• utils_saturationVaporPressureCurveSlope: Slope of the saturation vapor pressure curve (kPa·ºC-1).

Functions

• utils_averageDailyVP(): Average daily VP

• utils_atmosphericPressure(): Atmospheric pressure

• utils_airDensity(): Air density

• utils_averageDaylightTemperature(): Daylight temperature

• utils_latentHeatVaporisation(): latent heat vaporisation

• utils_latentHeatVaporisationMol(): Heat vaporisation mol

• utils_psychrometricConstant(): psychrometric constant

• utils_saturationVaporPressureCurveSlope(): Saturation VP curve slope

Author(s)

Miquel De Cáceres Ainsa, CREAF

References

McMurtrie, R. E., D. A. Rook, and F. M. Kelliher. 1990. Modelling the yield of Pinus radiata on a site limited by water and nitrogen. Forest Ecology and Management 30:381–413.

McMahon, T. A., M. C. Peel, L. Lowe, R. Srikanthan, and T. R. McVicar. 2013. Estimating actual, potential, reference crop and pan evaporation using standard meteorological data: a pragmatic synthesis. Hydrology & Earth System Sciences 17:1331–1363. See also: http://www.fao.org/docrep/x0490e/x0490e06.htm

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