Abstracts for the 6th International GAME Conf.

3-5 December 2004

Kyoto Japan


Evapotranspiration Estimation of Paddy Field in Thailand Utilizing Limited Meteorological Data

Panya Polsan (1), Masatoshi Aoki (2), Sanguan Patamatamkul (3)

Evapotranspiration (Et) information used for irrigation scheduling may benefit farmers in increasing the irrigations area and evaluating amount of water applied. In Thailand, there are several methods of evapotranspiration estimating. The Bowen ration technique is the method of evapotranspiration estimating which is firstly applied to paddy field in Thailand. This research is attempted to generate the basic meteorological data which are necessary for formulating simple model to determine evapotranspiration. The model is simplified evapotranspiration from Bowen ratio technique with linear regression method using basic meteorological data. By comparing evapotranspiration from simple model with evapotranspiration from Bowen ratio method, it shows the similar pattern of distribution over a year. Therefore, in the paddy field area of which limited meteorological data, the simple model can be applied for evapotranspiration estimating.

Submittal Information

Name : Date :
    Panya Polsan
    02-Aug-04-13:14:28
Organization : Theme :
    Royal Irrigation Department,
    Theme 5
Address : Presentation :
    Hydrology and Water Management Center, Tha Thong, Muang, Phitsanulok 65000
    Poster or oral
Country : Abstract ID :
    Thailand
    T5PP02Aug04131428
Phone : Fax :
    66-1-9723498
    66-55-245461
E-mail :
    ppolsan@hotmail.com