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Jan 1963
Evaporation at High Elevations in California
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Volume 128, Issue 3
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During the years from 1946 to 1959, evaporation and meteorological measurements were made at several locations in the upper San Joaquin River Basin in Central California. Data were collected at elevations varying from 410 ft to 9,194 ft above sea level by the Southern California Edison Company in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Because of the severe winter conditions at high elevations in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, observations may be made only during a five month to seven month period each year. Regression equations based on monthly evaporation and other data were developed from which the pan evaporations for the missing months were computed and 13-yr normals were established for each location. These equations were used to compute evaporation at high elevations during the winter months when water surfaces were frozen. Evaporation pan coefficients were determined for converting pan evaporation to equivalent evaporation from reservoir water surfaces assuming an annual coefficient of 0.98 for the USDA screened pan.
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Leonard L. Longacre
Hydr. Engr., San Gabriel, Calif.
Harry F. Blaney, Fellows, ASCE
Irrig. Engr., Los Angeles, Calif.
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