PET: Internal function to calculate the PET

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PETR Documentation

Internal function to calculate the PET

Description

the function is an implementation of the FAO 56 standard for evapotranspiration calculation

Usage

PET(latitude, altitude, humidity, temperature, windspeed, sun, sun.mode, date)

Arguments

latitude

self explanatory

altitude

altitude (meters)

humidity

(percent)

temperature

(C)

windspeed

in m/s

sun

radiation, (MJ m^-2 day-1) sunlight (0 to 1) or cloudiness (0 to 1)

sun.mode

how sun energy is calculated (Rsolar = radiation energy, sunlight or cloudiness)

date

a date vector

Value

A data frame of 2 variables: date,PET.

Author(s)

Lorenzo Menichetti ilmenichetti@gmail.com

References

Allen, R. G., Pereira, L. S., Raes, D. & Smith, M. Crop Evapotranspiration - Guidelines for Computing Crop Water Requirements - FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56. 15.


ilmenichetti/reclim documentation built on Sept. 23, 2023, 7:15 p.m.