CE 374K Hydrology, Spring 2004 (02/10/2004) Evaporation

Reading:

Additional reading for Evaporation: Chapter four from Handbook of Hydrology.

Reading for the next class (Infiltration and soil water movement): Sections 4.1 and 4.2 from Applied Hydrology.

Evaporation on the web:

This website gives some good animations about basic processes in science and engineering.

http://www.educationusingpowerpoint.org.uk/

The Department of Geography at the University of Oregon has some really nice global climate animations including solar radiation, heat flux, and evaporation. The link to the website is:

http://geography.uoregon.edu/envchange/clim_animations/

Monthly evaporation maps from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It provides a series of maps showing current month and most recent 12 months.

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/soilmst/e.html