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Jan 1958
Evaporation from Free Water Surfaces at High Altitudes
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Volume 123, Issue 1
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In the western United States, losses due to evaporation from reservoirs and lakes at high altitudes are of importance as an element affecting the net water supply available for the irrigation of crops, the production of power, and municipal and industrial purposes. Except in unusual instances, the evaporation rate cannot be measured directly from large water areas. Thus, it is a common practice to measure the evaporation rate of water from pans, and, using coefficients, a reduction is made of the pan evaporation measurement to the lake evaporation value. At high altitudes it is seldom possible to measure the evaporation rate during the winter months because the water in the pans freezes. The paper presents data concerning evaporation of water in several western states, and develops a method of estimating monthly evaporation for the entire year from temperature measurements and other data.
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© 1958 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1958
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Harry F. Blaney, M.ASCE
Prin. Irrig. Engr., Western Soil and Water Management Section, Soil and Water Conservation Research Branch, Agri. Research Service, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Los Angeles, Calif.
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