Climatology

Chapter 12

Energy Balance of the Earth's surface

Evapotranspiration is 60% of land‘s net radiation

Bowen ratio values:

  • 0.1-0.3 for tropics
  • 0.4-0.8 for temperate forests and grasslands
  • 2-6 for semi-arid areas
  • and more than 10 for deserts.
Evapotranspiration is 60% of land‘s net radiation

Budyko relates annual precipitation to annual radiation and evapotranspiration

Relationship more smooth in reality than in theory

Diskussion