"Current Perspective to Predict Actual Evapotranspiration" ed. by Daniel Bucur

In this book, specialists' concerns worldwide to develop simple but reliable methodologies - with less data requirement - which will give accurate and appropriate results - are presented. In addition, a study of the physics of the moisture evaporation process from porous media to elucidate what are the mechanisms of moisture migration from granular biopesticides is presented in the last chapter.

Evapotranspiration is the largest outgoing water flux from the Earth's surface; its accurate quantification is critical for the crop development in conditions of the climate changes from recent decades, and it can contribute to a greater understanding of a range of agricultural ecosystem processes. To evaluate the hydric requirements of the crops, it was agreed that they should be reported to a maximum global evapotranspiration called potential evapotranspiration. To estimate this variable, a variety of methods were developed, each with its benefits as well as trade-offs. Their use, however, is laborious due to their complexity and of the large number of parameters required.

Contents
Preface
1 Comparison of Evapotranspiration Methods Under Limited Data
2 Assessment and Prediction of Evapotranspiration Based on Scintillometry and Meteorological Datasets
3 Sensitivity of Evapotranspiration Models to Onsite and Offsite Meteorological Data for a Poderosa Pine Forest
4 Evapotranspiration in Northern Agro-Ecosystems: Numerical Simulation and Experimental Comparison
5 Moisture Evaporation from Granular Biopesticides Containing Quiescent Entomopathogenic Nematodes