Evapotranspiration

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Evapotranspiration: - The loss of water from the soil both by evaporation and by transpiration from the plants growing in the soil.
[Environmental Protection Agency]

News archive for Evapotranspiration::

FAST Crop Yield Forecast: Sorghum & millet West Africa 1 Aug 2008  -  Aug 1, 2008
ReliefWeb (press release),...(2) Radiation and evapotranspiration data enter into a crop growth model, which simulates crop yield on a daily basis. (3) Distributed crop yield results

Average July rain brings varying relief to the area  -  Jul 31, 2008
Gainesville Sun,By Karen Voyles Here's a word you can toss into the water cooler chats today if the subject of weather comes up: evapotranspiration.

Soil Water Balance in a Warmer CO2-Enriched Netherlands  -  Jul 29, 2008
CO2 Science Magazine,Effects of rising atmospheric CO2 on evapotranspiration and soil moisture: A practical approach for the Netherlands. Journal of Hydrology 349: 257-267.

Gardening: Don’t be fooled by rain — water your lawn  -  Jul 30, 2008
Marco Eagle,The amount of water transferred into the atmosphere by evapotranspiration (ET) from turf surfaces is governed by a number of environmental factors.

Group honors student trio for hard work  -  Jul 17, 2008
MiamiHerald.com,Kisekka's studies involve the management of water on farms, specifically evapotranspiration sensors. Evapotranspiration sensors are devices that measure the

Volunteers Needed To Test Smart Watering System  -  Jul 8, 2008
KELOLAND TV,Instead, it'll be based on what's known as evapotranspiration, or ET, which is a measure of the amount of water that grass and plants are actually using.

Nueva School  -  Aug 1, 2008
Greenroofs.com,1) Thermal insulation and cooling through water loss by vegetation and evaporation (evapotranspiration): Agilewaves monitors the temperature, humidity and

Wildfires only good curveball thrown to Sonoma County wine grape ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
Western Farm PressIt’s also reducing evapotranspiration. James King, viticulturalist at Clendenen, says leaf pressure bomb tests have shown no water stress in the leaves from

Public can tap weather data from Watsonville  -  Jul 19, 2008
Register Pajaronian,Unlike many other weather stations, the CIMIS stations track evapotranspiration, or the loss of water to the atmosphere due to evaporation and transpiration

Wolfeboro Sewage Treatment System Worries Some  -  Jul 30, 2008
NHPR,...or was taken up by evapotranspiration, by the growth of the vegetation in the areas, but some of it was running off, and that’s where the violation was.

The Importance of Sustainable River and Wetland Restoration  -  Jul 30, 2008
E-Wire (press release),...infiltration of water into the soil and groundwater, and evapotranspiration of water taken up from the soil and transpired from plants.

Future threats to the Amazon rainforest  -  Jul 30, 2008
Mongabay.com...the forest's own rain-generating capacity is reduced — as much as half the moisture in some parts of the Amazon is recycled through evapotranspiration.

United Water Urges Water Conservation  -  Jul 29, 2008
TomRiver Times,ET is short for EvapoTranspiration and is the scientific method of determining how much water, if any, your lawn needs every three days.

Plants have their own issues when temperatures hit the record mark  -  Jul 18, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,...in dense landscapes where air stagnates and holds humidity produced by evapotranspiration (evaporation from foliar surfaces) from abundant foliage.

environment blog  -  Jul 11, 2008
New Scientist (subscription),For example, leaf stomata are very critical for plant respiration and evapotranspiration. While a reduction in stomata numbers, and/ or enhanced closing of

Study: Kansas will pay for warming, stronger storms  -  Jul 25, 2008
Hays Daily News,As the earth heats there is an increase in evapotranspiration, leaving less water in the soil. "It seems to me the big issue with global warming for Kansas

State and Federal Agencies Blast Legacy Park Specifics  -  Jul 23, 2008
Malibu Surfside News,...the park property and that use of the property to dispose of stormwater via infiltration and evapotranspiration “will only make these conditions worse.

Oceans Death? Answer Should be Blowing in the Wind  -  Jul 21, 2008
Sail World,There is is a major benefit our high and rising CO2 delivers to droughty grasses who are losing less water via evapotranspiration, remaining green and

IN YOUR TOWN: TOMS RIVER  -  Jul 20, 2008
Asbury Park Press,To reduce outdoor water use, the company recommends customers use the EvapoTranspiration, or ET, lawn watering program, which relies on a scientific method

Water, plant, soil interactions studies underway  -  Jul 18, 2008
Reno Gazette Journal,...invasive species along the river, groundwater nutrient input and output, native plant varieties , and evapotranspiration and crop production functions.

Newsmen take shine to weather forecasting  -  Jul 16, 2008
Canada NewsWire (press release),To manage optimum soil moisture balance, the ET Manager uses site specific information, along with evapotranspiration (ET) data from the company's network

Ecological Society of America announces 2008 award recipients  -  Jul 14, 2008
Genetic Engineering News (press release),...between primary production and evapotranspiration, theories of habitat selection and, perhaps most importantly, the competitive speciation hypothesis.

Researchers test irrigation systems  -  Jul 10, 2008
N.C. State University Technician Online,One of the more "intelligent" systems involves evapotranspiration, by measuring the amount of water lost through transpiration and evaporation and

U of I Master Gardener: Is your tree 'sweating'?  -  Jul 9, 2008
IdahoStatesman.com,It’s called “evapotranspiration� with “evapo� being the key. The water taken up by the roots travels through the tree bringing nutrients with it.

Inland golf courses face challenges of water conservation  -  Jul 8, 2008
Press-Enterprise,...irrigation systems hooked up to high-tech, on-site weather stations that measure solar radiation, wind speed, humidity and the evapotranspiration rate.

Dry spring puts Tri-Cities back in severe drought range  -  Jul 8, 2008
Kingsport Times News,...“The ramifications of this outlook is that normal evapotranspiration is expected. This means drying out of the soils, and added stress on plants.

Toro Celebrates 10th Anniversary of its Center for Advanced Turf ...  -  Jul 8, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),EvapoTranspiration (ET) controllers that utilize satellite data from the patented-WeatherTRAK(R) technology to automatically adjust the amount of water

US Sugar Buyout May Not Help the Everglades  -  Jul 8, 2008
Common Dreams (press release),...to reservoirs) and because a marsh habitat would have to be kept hydrated, the evapotranspiration loss could easily be doubled�; and No Steady Supply.

الملوحة غول زاحÙ? يهدد الأرض الزراعية  -  Jul 23, 2008
الجيران,ÙˆÙ?ÙŠ مثل هذه الظروÙ? يكون غسيل الأملاح وانتقالها من الأراضي إلى النهر بطيء وغير كامل، كما أن زيادة التبخر والنتح Evapotranspiration تحت ظروÙ? الجÙ?اÙ? يساعد على

Could the carbon market save the Amazon rainforest?  -  Nov 29, 2007
Mongabay.comIts extent is so great that the ecosystem fuels its own rainfall -- 25 to 50 percent of precipitation is recycled through evapotranspiration by tree -- and

UF research: Homeowners can cut irrigation without hurting lawns  -  Nov 13, 2007
University of Florida,On nine homes, graduate student Melissa Haley reset the irrigation controllers monthly to account for historical rainfall and rates of evapotranspiration.

Wetter Climates and Earlier Snowmelt Noted  -  Dec 1, 2007
Chief Engineer,The difference may be partly caused by increased evapotranspiration - water lost to the atmosphere through evaporation from water bodies and soil and

STATE OF THE IRRIGATION INDUSTRY: An Ever Fluid Industry  -  Nov 15, 2007
Lawn & Landscape,While a modest increase, contractors are turning to new irrigation practices, such as drip irrigation and evapotranspiration-based (ET) controllers to

Proposed rules aimed at maintaining flows  -  Dec 1, 2007
Pueblo Chieftain,Consumptive use is the amount needed to grow a crop with evapotranspiration. There are also nonconsumptive uses such as seepage or use of water by weeds or

mckinney expands water conservation efforts with rebate program  -  Nov 10, 2007
Pegasus News,...mckinney residents who installed an Evapotranspiration (ET) weather-based irrigation controller in place of their old irrigation system since July 7 can

Irrigation aid ends for season  -  Nov 3, 2007
Red Bluff Daily News,In light of the recent rains, this will be the last issue of Evapotranspiration data for the 2007 irrigation season. This was the 34th season of providing

Climate change to serve up higher fruit, vegetable costs  -  Nov 21, 2007
The Australian,Professor Quiggin said higher temperatures, due to climate change, in the Murray Darling basin had increased evapotranspiration and reduced river flows.

Science: How Climate Change Impacts Agriculture  -  Nov 19, 2007
Washington Post,...more runoff and therefore less infiltration) combined with increased evapotranspiration and increased irrigation will lead to groundwater depletion.

Blue Diamond workshops focus on water and mite management  -  Nov 24, 2007
Capital Press (subscription),...who advised growers to use probes, tensiometers, Markmark blocks and other devices to monitor stored water moisture and evapotranspiration.

Commentary: It's time to develop a plan that secures water's ...  -  Nov 20, 2007
Albuquerque Tribune,...or even low-water-use farms, below Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, would markedly reduce depletion by evapotranspiration.

Commission Continues Airing on La Paz Center  -  Nov 14, 2007
Malibu Surfside News,Commissioners were told the modeling used by the consultants for how much treated effluent could be discharged via evapotranspiration was not viable and

Raingardens Transform Site from Mean to Green  -  Nov 14, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,...the plants also remove a lot of the water and dissolved pollutants during dry weather by a natural process called ‘evapotranspiration’.

Investing in People  -  Nov 7, 2007
Golfdom,Regarding water, Miller said growth rate, evapotranspiration rate, length of growing season, soil type, grass type, rain, intensity of cultural practices

Shrinking glaciers affect park's wildlife  -  Nov 4, 2007
Billings Gazette,Higher temperatures and longer growing seasons also mean more evapotranspiration, and more new vegetation drinking up underground reservoirs.

Irrigation Association Adds Industry Development Director  -  Aug 23, 2007
Lawn & Landscape,Mecham also served on the American Society of Civil Engineers committee that developed the Standardized Penman-Monteith Reference Evapotranspiration

Editorial: Conservation Leaders  -  Jul 29, 2007
Dallas Morning News (subscription),...•Requiring all new irrigation systems after September 1 to have evapotranspiration (or ET) controllers. ET controllers are really an interesting development

Study shows trees regulate water usage  -  Aug 3, 2007
McCook Daily Gazette,NORTH PLATTE -- Preliminary results from an evapotranspiration study along the Platte River indicate that trees in riparian systems regulate water intake

Even in rainy weather, wineries a good summer bet  -  Aug 8, 2007
News 8 Austin,..."I have a weather station down in the vineyard, it's all computerized, I can track all types of data, I can tell you what ET rates, evapotranspiration,

SF Looks At High-Tech Water Saving Method  -  Aug 7, 2007
KELOLAND TV,But thanks to something called Evapotranspiration Irrigation, that could change. Erik Helland of Landscape Garden Centers says, "Basically you're watering

Advanced system to water lawns has been installed at pair of area ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
Santa Monica Daily Press,The goal is to accurately measure evapotranspiration to .01 of an inch. The weather station was made by Rain Master, a Simi-Valley based company founded in

Alternative pavements ease urban-heat effect  -  Aug 3, 2007
Arizona Republic,As a result, trees grow faster and larger, providing more shade while increasing evapotranspiration. Another form of pervious pavement seen in the Valley by

Watering now odds and evens  -  Aug 16, 2007
Area News,...“Evapotranspiration has already risen six times since mid-winter and August can be a very dry and damaging month without rain.� delegate the release of

Rain Master Irrigates Largest “Greenâ€? Roof in California  -  Aug 16, 2007
Business Wire (press release),...overall consumption by accurately measuring weather conditions in order to determine the EvapoTranspiration experienced (ETo) over a 24-hour period,

Wider nitrogen pollution buffers better  -  Jul 30, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full article Evaporation from plants -- Evapotranspiration (ET) is the sum of evaporation and plant transpiration. Evaporation accounts for the movement of

Water Ways: An irrigation system can save time and money and keep ...  -  Aug 16, 2007
Winston-Salem Journal,Evapotranspiration (ET) is the process by which water is transferred to the atmosphere from vegetative surfaces. The two components of this process are

Surviving the season; a fruit growers guide  -  Aug 13, 2007
Country News,Based on evapotranspiration in the Goulburn Valley, trees use about 9.5 megalitres of water per hectare from October to February.

Temperate forests not a fix for global warming  -  Aug 10, 2007
Mongabay.comThe situation is different in the tropics where higher temperatures result in higher rates of evapotranspiration, the process by which forests release water

GR scientist conducts first long-term study of effectiveness of ...  -  Aug 7, 2007
Rapid Growth,...the plants use the water and release it through their leaves (evapotranspiration), lessening the quantity of storm water generated from the roof.

Forecast for the Weather Channel - sultry 24/7  -  Aug 6, 2007
New York Daily News,Think Sigourney Weaver in "Working Girl" mixed with Doris Day, only with a knowledge of what "actual evapotranspiration" is. Temperature variation: Keeps

Fox on Your Block: Park Hill Party  -  Aug 2, 2007
My Fox Colorado.com,They perform what is called "evapotranspiration." Liquid in tree leaves is converted to vapor, which actually cools the air. Trees also reduce wind velocity

Winfield has history of flooding  -  Jul 31, 2007
Arkansas City Traveler,..."I know that plants such as corn can affect temperature and relative humidity in the local vicinity during their peak months of evapotranspiration," said

GETTING WISE ABOUT WATER  -  Aug 23, 2007
Asbury Park Press,The ET, or EvapoTranspiration, program uses science to help homeowners know how much water to put on their lawns every three days, according to a company




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