Estimativas climatológicas de evaporação em lagos

Abstract

The physical background and empirical evidence used in currently available models that estimate evaporation in lakes from climatological data are presented, followed by a description of some of these models. A critical review of each model is done, in terms of its data requirements, the aproximations it makes, etc. Climatological data collected at the region of the Sobradinho reservoir is used to estimate potential and lake evaporation. Sensitivity studies evaluate the relative importance of each input data to a climatological model, and the spatial variability of such models, compared with evaporimeter-data based estimates.