Evapotranspiration
Climate Change
The vaporization of water through direct evaporation from wet surfaces and the release of water vapor by vegetation.
- — ARM Climate Research Glossary retrieved 2014-06-12
The combined process of evaporation from the Earth's surface and transpiration from vegetation.
The loss of water from the soil by evaporation and by transpiration from the plants growing in the soil, which rises with air temperature.
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Food Biotechnology
The net water loss (in vapour form) per unit area of land, both directly from the land surface, and indirectly through transpiring leaves.
Renewable Energy
The water released from plants as they grow. The evaporation of water from plant surfaces and adjacent soil.
- — ODOE Glossary of Energy Terms retrieved 2014-06-15
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Solar Energy
Plants absorb water through their roots and emit it through their leaves. This movement of water is called "transpiration." Evaporation, the conversion of water from a liquid to a gas, also occurs from the soil around vegetation and from trees and vegetation as they intercept rainfall on leaves and other surfaces. Together, these processes are referred to as evapotranspiration, which lowers temperatures by using heat from the air to evaporate water.
- — Solar Energy Development PEIS Glossary retrieved 2014-06-15
Water
Combination of evaporation from free water surfaces and transpiration of water from plant surfaces to the atmosphere.
- — Service Hydrologist Reference Manual Glossary of Hydrologic Terms retrieved 2014-06-01
Weather
Combination of evaporation from free water surfaces and transpiration of water from plant surfaces to the atmosphere.