New Method Estimates Crop Water Needs More Accurately Using Temperature Patterns.
The article discusses two methods for estimating sensible heat flux to calculate crop evapotranspiration. These methods use high frequency temperature measurements and analyze temperature patterns to estimate heat flux. One method involves regressing predicted heat flux against measured heat flux, while the other filters out temperature data influenced by advection. By using these methods, researchers can estimate crop evapotranspiration accurately by considering factors like net radiation and soil heat flux.