Josephine A Archibald
Humboldt State University
Email Address: josephine.archibald@humboldt.eduUtah_State_University
Evapotranspiration - USU (duplicate)
In this module, you will gain an understanding of the role evapotranspiration (ET) plays in the hydrologic cycle and practical experience in calculating ET fluxes at different temporal and spatial scales for solving an array of water balance problems. You will learn how to estimate ET, including the water balance method, temperature and radiation-based methods, the use of an evaporation pan, and the Penman-Monteith equation. The learning activities in this module incorporate data from NOAA for Lake Michigan/Huron, FluxNet datasets from the AmeriFlux network, as well as Landsat and Sentinel satellite datasets used for performing hydrologic investigations where knowledge of ET is needed. This class is a duplicate from the original Hydrolearn "Evapotranspiration" course, by Josephine A Archibald, Hugo A. Gutierrez and Shangping Xu. Please, always refer to it. https://edx.hydrolearn.org/courses/course-v1:HumboldtState+ENGR440+2020_Fall/about.
Enrollment in this course is by invitation only
Evapotranspiration
This module will review methods of estimating and measuring ET
Module Overview
This module gives a broad overview of ET. The last section on remote sensing is appropriate for graduate students or advanced undergraduates.
Topics Covered
Overview of ET, Water Budget, Measurements of ET, Parameters related to ET, PET Estimation (T and Rn -based), Penman-Monteith Ref ET, Improving Water Management using Remote Sensing
Prerequisites
Students are expected be comfortable with Excel, and to have some familiarity with computer programming, but knowledge of a specific programming language is not required. Students will be asked to interpret and modify code in order to create graphs for analysis and interpretation.
Course Authors
Hugo A. Gutierrez
University of Texas at El Paso
Email Address: hagutierrez@utep.edu
Shangping Xu
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Email Address: xus@uwm.eduTools Needed
MS Word and Excel, Python, GIS software
Course Sharing and Adaptation
This course is available for export by clicking the "Export Link" at the top right of this page. If you are an Instructor seeking the answer keys, please contact the course creators using your official University email account.
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Recommended Citation
Archibald, J., Gutierrez, H., Xu, S. (2020) Evapotranspiration. HydroLearn. https://edx.hydrolearn.org/courses/course-v1:HumboldtState+ENGR440+2020_Fall/about.
Expected Effort
The module developers estimate that this module will take about 16 hours to complete.