Ratio_Eva-Transp

Ratio between potential evaporation rate from interception storage and potential transpiration.

Default

Unit

Symbol

Equation

Function

3

-

 erat

(3.65), (3.67), (3.69)

 

For short crops a value close to 1 may be reasonable whereas values as high as 3-5 are relevant for forests. The parameter only makes sense when the plant is represented implicitly as one big leaf.