Applicability of the empirical value of solar radiation in estimation of ET0 in Mainland China
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DOI:10.7606/j.issn.1000-7601.2019.06.32
Key Words: Penman-Monteith formula  solar radiation  reference crop evapotranspiration  difference analysis  China
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XIA Xingsheng State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Jointly Sponsored by Beijing Normal University and Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100875, China
Institute of Remote Sensing Science and Engineering, Faculty of Geographical Science,Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China 
ZHU Xiufang State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Institute of Remote Sensing Science and Engineering, Faculty of Geographical Science,Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China 
PAN Yaozhong State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Jointly Sponsored by Beijing Normal University and Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100875, China
Institute of Remote Sensing Science and Engineering, Faculty of Geographical Science,Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China 
ZHANG Jinshui State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Institute of Remote Sensing Science and Engineering, Faculty of Geographical Science,Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China 
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Abstract:
      Radiation parameters are essential for calculating reference crop evapotranspiration (ET0) by using Penman-Monteith (PM) formula recommended by FAO.To explore the applicability of using the FAO recommended formula for radiation parameter (Rs_c) instead of observations (Rs_o) in PM formula under the condition of lacking radiation parameters, this study used multi-year monthly average observation data of 112 stations, that each station has at least 15 years of data. The spatiotemporal difference between Rs_c and Rs_o, and ET0_c and ET0_o which obtained by PM formula input of Rs_c and Rs_o, respectively, by point-by-point was analyzed.The results showed that Rs_c and Rs_o had significant spatial-temporal differences, and the relative difference between them ranged from -2.86 to 4.41 MJ·m-2·d-1, which were larger from April to August. Taking Hu Huanyong Line as the boundary,the spatial-temporal difference in the northwest region of the line was relatively small and stable, while the spatial-temporal difference in the southeast region of the line was relatively large and unstable.However, the spatial-temporal difference of the ET0_c and ET0_o calculated by Rs_c and Rs_o, respectively,was not significant, only 0.06~0.26 mm·d-1.The absolute difference value between ET0_c and ET0_o was stable in 0~0.25 mm·d-1in northwest of Hu Huanyong Line. The difference in southeast region of the line changed with the season, and the difference in summer was relatively large. In actual application, using Rs_c instead of Rs_o to obtain ET0 had a good applicability in the northwest region within a year and also the north region in spring, autumn, winter and the Yangtze river-Pearl river basin (the southern region) in months, Jan., Feb., Oct., Nov. and Dec.If Rs_c was used to calculate ET0 in summer of the north region and from March to September of the south region, corresponding methods must be studied to correct the results.Otherwise, there will be relatively large errors.