Reference evapotranspiration estimated with simplified models for the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil

The objective of this work was to evaluate the performance of 12 simplified models for the estimation of reference evapotranspiration (ETo) for the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The data were collected from automatic weather stations (AWS) of the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia, located in 28 mun...

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Autores: Tanaka, Adriana Aki, Souza, Adilson Pacheco de, Klar, Antonio Evaldo [UNESP], Silva, Andrea Carvalho da, Almeida Gomes, Anthony Wellington
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2016
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositório:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:português
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/161387
Acesso em linha:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-204X2016000200001
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/161387
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:minimum data
Turc model
Penman-Monteith
solar radiation
air temperature
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Resumo:The objective of this work was to evaluate the performance of 12 simplified models for the estimation of reference evapotranspiration (ETo) for the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The data were collected from automatic weather stations (AWS) of the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia, located in 28 municipalities of the state. The following simplified estimation models were evaluated: Hargreaves-Samani, Camargo, Makkink, Linacre, McGinness-Bordne, Romanenko, Turc, Holdridge, Solar Radiation, Jensen-Haise, Hansen, and Caprio. The Fao 56 Penman-Monteith method (FPM) was used as reference for assessing the simplified estimates. Statistical performance was evaluated through relative mean error (RME), root mean square error (RMSE), Willmott's d index, and according to the numerical order of models for each index. The Makkink model overestimated ETo by 2.0 to 3.0 mm per day, with scattering values of 2.75 mm per day and 0.40 d index, which represented the worst results among models, regardless of the municipality evaluated. The Turc and McGinness-Bordne models showed the best performances for estimating ETo in 57.1 and 25% of the AWS, respectively. The Romanenko, Makkink, and Holdridge models are not recommended for the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.