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Acta universitaria
On-line version ISSN 2007-9621Print version ISSN 0188-6266
Abstract
OROZCO MEDINA, Ismael; ALVARADO BARRIENTOS, María Susana; LOPEZ-DE LA CRUZ, Jesús and RAMIREZ OROZCO, Aldo Iván. Evaluation of the effect of different radiation approaches on the estimation of evapotranspiration using the FAO Penman-Monteith model. Acta univ [online]. 2019, vol.29, e2481. Epub Sep 11, 2020. ISSN 2007-9621. https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2019.2481.
Evapotranspiration is a very important process in the correct calculation of water availability, but it is one of the most difficult to estimate the hydrological cycle in regions with limited meteorological information. An alternative recently used to solve this problem is the use of satellite products with evapotranspiration at a regional scale. However, these products must be validated with information observed for their regional application, but the information is difficult to obtain in tropical latitudes. To solve this, an improvement to the FAO Penman-Monteith equation is proposed by including the spatial and temporal variability of the net radiation (Rn) with the Viewshed algorithm. The results show an improvement of 1.1% when comparing the results of the reference evapotranspiration against the estimates coming from the satellite product MOD16A3 and using the traditional calculation form of Rn.
Keywords : Reference evapotranspiration; FAO Penman-Monteith; viewshed algorithm; radiation; MODIS.