Ground evaporation formula (Water Overlay)

Ground evaporation is calculated per cell.

For all ground evaporation calculation, the ground water depth at time t is used.

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Feddes oxygen stress factor:

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Feddes saturated zone root update factor:

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Seasonal transpiration factor:

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Max potential evaporation:

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Evaporation unsaturated:

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Potential evaporation saturated:

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$d_{r}=max(0.0,w_{g,t}-(B_{c}-d_{r,1}))$

$E_{p,s}=(E_{max}-E_{u})\cdot f_{s}$

Evaporation saturated zone:

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Evaporation total is the sum of evaporation in the saturated and unsaturated zone:

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where

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