Ground evaporation formula (Water Overlay)

Underground evaporation is calculated per cell.

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

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Feddes oxygen stress factor:

$f_{o}={\begin{cases}1.0&{\text{if }}d_{gw,t}{\text{ is }}\geq d_{r,3}\\{\frac {d_{gw,t}-d_{r,4}}{d_{r,3}-d_{r,4}}}&{\text{if }}d_{gw,t}{\text{ is }}\geq d_{r,4}\\0.0&{\text{otherwise}}\end{cases}}$

Feddes saturated zone root update factor:

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Max potential evaporation:

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Evaporation unsaturated:

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Evaporation saturated:

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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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$f_{t}$ is the transpiration factor of the buildings (plants) on the surface, or the surface terrain's

[Terrain_water_evaporation_factor_(Water_Overlay)|transpiration factor]] if none present.

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$f_{0}$ is the feddes oxygen stress factor, calculated using the 3rd and 4th root depths and the feddes trapezium interpolation model and the ground water depth.

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