Evaporation rates across a convective air boundary layer are dominated by diffusion

Erfan Haghighi, Ebrahim Shahraeeni, Peter Lehmann, Dani Or

Water Resources Research · 2013 · 111 citations · 26 references

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Key Points The contributions of diffusion and advection to evaporative flux are quantified Diffusion dominates evaporation flux from partially wet surfaces Surface water content‐dependent evaporative resistance expression is developed

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