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    This document summarizes Thornthwaite's method for estimating potential evapotranspiration (PET) based on air temperature. It involves 3 steps: 1) computing a monthly heat index based on mean monthly temperatures, 2) summing the monthly heat indices to get an annual heat index, 3) using the monthly temperature, annual heat index, and an empirical parameter to calculate the monthly PET in mm/month. An example calculation is provided to estimate the June 2013 PET in Cagayan De Oro, Philippines as 91.78 mm/month using Thornthwaite's method.

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    This document summarizes Thornthwaite's method for estimating potential evapotranspiration (PET) based on air temperature. It involves 3 steps: 1) computing a monthly heat index based on mean monthly temperatures, 2) summing the monthly heat indices to get an annual heat index, 3) using the monthly temperature, annual heat index, and an empirical parameter to calculate the monthly PET in mm/month. An example calculation is provided to estimate the June 2013 PET in Cagayan De Oro, Philippines as 91.78 mm/month using Thornthwaite's method.

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    This document summarizes Thornthwaite's method for estimating potential evapotranspiration (PET) based on air temperature. It involves 3 steps: 1) computing a monthly heat index based on mean monthly temperatures, 2) summing the monthly heat indices to get an annual heat index, 3) using the monthly temperature, annual heat index, and an empirical parameter to calculate the monthly PET in mm/month. An example calculation is provided to estimate the June 2013 PET in Cagayan De Oro, Philippines as 91.78 mm/month using Thornthwaite's method.

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    HYDROLOGICAL

    LOSSES
    Evapotranspiration
    • Evapotranspiration is one of the most difficult components of
    the hydrologic cycle to estimate. Thornthwaite and Mather
    (1955) developed a detailed method to estimate
    evapotranspiration

    • Although this method for computing potential and actual


    evapotranspiration is highly accepted and widely used, it is
    unfeasible to perform these calculations with large data sets.
    Potential evapotranspiration (PET)

    • Thornthwaite and Mather’s (1955) method of estimating PET


    is based solely on air temperature.

    • PET estimates are based upon a 12-hour day (amount of


    daylight) and a 30-day monthly.
    Thornthwaite’s Method
    • Steps of Computation

    1. Begin by computing the monthly heat index:

    𝑇𝑖 1.514
    𝐼= 5

    I = Monthly heat index


    Ti = Mean temperature of the month
    2. Sum the 12 monthly heat index into an annual heat index (I):

    𝑇𝑖 1.514
    12
    𝐼= 𝑖=1 5

    I = Monthly heat index


    i = Month ( 1 = January . . . 12 = December )
    Ti = Mean temperature for month i
    3. Compute monthly potential ET:

    10𝑇𝑖 𝑎
    𝑬𝒕𝒑 = 16
    𝐼

    Where
    𝑬𝒕𝒑 = is the potential evapotranspiration in mm / month
    Ti = is the mean monthly temperature in °C
    I = is the annual heat index
    a = is an empirical parameter which defends on I.
    Sample Problem:
    Compute the monthly potential ET for June 2013 in
    Cagayan De Oro , using Thornthwaite’s method. The
    average temperature for the month of June 2013 in
    Cagayan De Oro was 17.9 °C. The mean monthly
    temperature data in °C for all the months of the year
    2013 are as follow:

    January 2.7 July 21.3


    February 0.1 August 18.7
    March 2.0 September 16.4
    April 8.0 October 9.4
    May 14.1 November 4.7
    June 17.9 December 0.2
    𝟏𝟎𝑻𝒊 𝒂
    • Solution: 𝑬𝒕𝒑 = 16
    𝑱
    𝐸𝑡𝑝 = is the monthly potential ET (mm)
    Ti = is the mean monthly temperature (°C).

    1. Determine heat index using


    1.514
    12 𝑇𝑖
    𝐼= 𝐼=1 5 or I = 39.9

    2. Determine “a” using equation


    a = 0.675x10−6 𝐼 3 – 0.771x10−4 𝐼 2 + 0.01792 𝐼 + 0.49239
    Or a = 1.13

    3. Substituting the values of “a” and “I” in the Thornthwaites equation,

    𝑬𝒕𝒑 = 91.78 mm/month


    THANK YOU

    Reference
    https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/tech_reports/glerl-101/tm-
    101.pdf
    https://www.coursehero.com/file/52252547/4-
    Evapotranspiration-part-4pdf/

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