Exercise: Penman-Monteith equation

The Penman-Monteith equation allows evapotranspiration to be calculated from meteorological data.

The FAO provide a set of guidelines on how evapotranspiration can be calculated for a crop.

Use one or more of the examples in this document to code (in python) and test a model of evapotranspiration.

Once you have coded your model, you might explore the impact of some of the assumed parameters on the evapotranspiration.

Reference

• Allen, R.G et al. 1998, Crop evapotranspiration - Guidelines for computing crop water requirements - FAO Irrigation and drainage paper 56