EvapoCalc: An Android Application to Estimate Evapotranspiration by Different Methods

6 pages•Published: September 20, 2018

Diogo Francisco Borba Rodrigues, Geber Barbosa De Albuquerque Moura, Suzana Maria Gico Lima Montenegro, Tatiana Patrícia Nascimento Da Silva Rodrigues, Leidjane Maria Maciel De Oliveira, Ana Claudia Villar E Luna Gusmão and Diêgo Cézar Dos Santos Araújo

Abstract

The evapotranspiration consists of counting all the water on the surface of the earth lost to the atmosphere, through evaporation and transpiration. The evapotranspiration can be estimated from evaporimeters and lysimeters (direct methods) and empirical and semi-empirical models (indirect methods). Some models have been developed for semi- arid regions such as the Blaney-Criddle and the Hargreaves-Samani, and other models for temperate climates, such as the Thornthwaite model. The Penman-Monteith model, recommended by the UN-FAO, is the most accurate estimating method for evapotranspiration. A determination of evapotranspiration is essential for irrigation management, to plan system and develop irrigation schedules. The present work aims to develop a tool for mobile devices to estimate evapotranspiration through models, with the help of a GPS receiver, and that allows the comparison of the different models with the FAO standard estimation method. The app is available on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thunkable.android.diogo_borbar.Eva poCalc.

Keyphrases: android, application, evapotranspiration, smartphones

In: Goffredo La Loggia, Gabriele Freni, Valeria Puleo and Mauro De Marchis (editors). HIC 2018. 13th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, vol 3, pages 1772-1777.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/mlvQ
	https://doi.org/10.29007/ngz7

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{HIC2018:EvapoCalc_Android_Application_Estimate,
  author    = {Diogo Francisco Borba Rodrigues and Geber Barbosa De Albuquerque Moura and Suzana Maria Gico Lima Montenegro and Tatiana Patrícia Nascimento Da Silva Rodrigues and Leidjane Maria Maciel De Oliveira and Ana Claudia Villar E Luna Gusmão and Diêgo Cézar Dos Santos Araújo},
  title     = {EvapoCalc: An Android Application to Estimate Evapotranspiration by Different Methods},
  booktitle = {HIC 2018. 13th International Conference on Hydroinformatics},
  editor    = {Goffredo La Loggia and Gabriele Freni and Valeria Puleo and Mauro De Marchis},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Engineering},
  volume    = {3},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2516-2330},
  url       = {/publications/paper/mlvQ},
  doi       = {10.29007/ngz7},
  pages     = {1772-1777},
  year      = {2018}}

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