Formulas to compute vapour pressure deficit according to available data

Source: R/vapor_pressure.R

Actual vapor pressure (ea) derived from relative humidity calculated with only rhmax.

get.ea.with.rhmax(tmin, rhmax)

Arguments

tmin

numeric minimum daily air temperature, °C
rhmax

numeric maximum daily relative humidity, %

Value

Actual vapor pressure (ea)

References

Zotarelli L, Dukes MD, Romero CC, Migliaccio KW, Morgan KT (2010). “Step by step calculation of the Penman-Monteith Evapotranspiration (FAO-56 Method).” Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. University of Florida.

Author

Cathy C. Westhues cathy.jubin@uni-goettingen.de