Introduction to Evaporation

Evaporation is the process where a liquid changes to its gaseous state at free surface. This is due to the absorption of heat from surrounding, which grant the liquid molecules sufficient energy to escape the water body.

The rate of evaporation is mainly affected by vapour pressure, temperature, wind, atmospheric pressure and impurities content. Evaporation can be measured by using evaporimeters. To accurately represent the actual evaporation using these devices, we need to apply pan coefficient to the collected data.

Similar to rainfall gauge station, evaporimeter needs to be established in the form of network. Its intensity is depending on the regional climate.

The following shows some information about evaporation and how we should measure it. Watch the video above for full details.






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