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Daily maize-field evapotranspiration followed a unimodal curve, low in morning and evening and high at noon.
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- daily evapotranspiratione0
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- low values in the morning and evening, and high values at noone0
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e0“The daily evapotranspiration of summer maize fields showed a “unimodal” curve with low values in the morning and evening, and high values at noon.”
Title
Wenzhe Guo; Jundong Xu; Xuetong Liu; et al. Water 2024. doi:10.3390/w16131819
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation Cumulative bare-ground evapotranspiration across the maize growth period was 173.57 mm.
- Observation Cumulative maize-farmland evapotranspiration across the growth period was 382.97 mm.
- Observation Bare-ground evapotranspiration intensity was 1.52 mm/d.
- Observation Maize-farmland evapotranspiration intensity was 3.36 mm/d.
- Observation Maize evapotranspiration was lowest at maturity, representing 1.82% of the whole-period total.
- Observation Maize-field evapotranspiration was highest from jointing to milk ripening, totaling 265.58 mm.
- Observation Jointing-to-milk-ripening evapotranspiration accounted for 69.35% of total maize-field evapotranspiration.
- Observation During that period, maize-field evapotranspiration intensity was 3.59 mm/day.
- Observation During that period, maize-field evapotranspiration intensity was 1.34 times higher than bare soil.
- Observation Evapotranspiration intensity ranked jointing, tasseling-silking, seedling, milk maturity, then maturity stages.
- Association Daily radiation and maximum daily temperature had the greatest effects on maize-field evapotranspiration.
- Association Maximum daily temperature had a restrictive direct effect on maize-field evapotranspiration.
- Association Maximum daily temperature had a promotive indirect effect on maize-field evapotranspiration.
- Association The overall effect of maximum daily temperature on maize-field evapotranspiration was promotive.