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Irrigation Scheduling Program For Sugarcane, Terence L. Pearse
Irrigation Scheduling Program For Sugarcane, Terence L. Pearse
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
An estimate of potential evapotranspiration is acquired to implement an irrigation scheduling program. Four equations, which estimate potential evapotranspiration (evaporation) were evaluated for prediction of Class "A" Pan evaporation. The equations used were Penman's combination equation, the Jensen-Haise temperature and radiation equation, and two of the Christiansen-Hargreaves polynomial regression type equations. Measured and calculated radiation was used together with two values of albedo. Four years of daily climate data from Rhodesia was evaluated by general linear regression methods.
Despite the significant variations between the four annual regression lines of each equation, the use of confidence intervals indicate that the Penman …