Evapoclimatonomy III: the reconciliation of monthly runoff and evaporation in the climatic balance of evaporable water on land areas

Abstract

Model application is exemplified by three case studies, one each for a continental, a maritime, and a tropical climate. Two types of modifications are investigated: 1) the monthly balance of evaporable water in response to a simulated summer drought, for a continental or summer-rain climate in comparison with the less severe long-term reactions in a maritime or winter-rain climate; 2) the monthly balance of evaporable water and runoff reduction as caused by rainforest depletion in tropical Panama. Evapoclimatonomy III is compared with two other methods for climatic water budget evaluation: 1) the Thornthwaite-Mather method using data for Wilmington, Delaware; and 2) the Penman method in a "monthly reconciliation of meteorological and hydrological variables' for Barro Colorado, Panama. -from Authors