FAO-56: Crop Evapotranspiration -- Errata

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Errata

viii Missing in table of contents Air temperature ...     Page 32
xxv SW missing Soil water content [mm]
xxii Conflict of units in 'List of principal symbols and acronyms' - Eq. (2)

note that ET, CR are in mm day-1

I, P, RO, DP, SF, SW are in mm.

Note that ET is expressed in mm when used in equations with these terms, but it is expressed in mm/day when used in many other equations. The reader should distinguish the proper time unit.

20 line 6 from bottom should read "resistance to vapour"
39 Example 5, second line from bottom The Eq. 17 is missing a '2' in denominator
45 Table 3, last column Change 0.035 to 0.0353 (more precision for conversion)
54 Eq. (41) - sign (difference of temperature) instead of + sign
75 Box Example 19, line 3 eliminate the word "average"
99 last line delete the space between "d" and "escribing"
110 footnote 1 of Table 12 add: "If not listed, use the Kc ini value for the crop category"
121 Illustration of the climatic effect -- last sentence As an example, expected variations for Kc mid for tomatoes wheat in response to ... in Box 14
149 (below Table 20) rules to determine fw

replace the first bullet with the following two bullets:

  • Surface is wetted by irrigation and insignificant rain (< 3 to 4 mm): fw is fw for the irrigation system
  • Surface is wetted by irrigation and significant rain (> 3 to 4 mm): fw is 1.0 (precipitation) 
154 -155 Example 35 Calculation for E and Kc on day 3 were incorrect and this influenced calculations for subsequent days. Also, rounding of De,i between days (to mimic hand calculations) in the original example has been changed to exact calculations using a spreadsheet. A new Example 35 is contained as an errata.
167 Figure 42 -- caption of X-as (at the bottom) is missing Dr: root zone depletion
172 - 173 Example 38 The recalculation for E and Kc in the errata for Example 35 has required change for Example 38 as well. A new Example 38 is contained as an errata.

186

187

Eq. (97)

Eq. (98)

Kcb mid ® Kcb mid adj = estimated basal Kcb during the mid-season when plant density and/or leaf area ...

idem

188 Box 18 - last part Where j : latitude [rad] (negative for southern latitudes)            (Eq. 22)

213

214

Table 2.1 First column Z

idem

Z ® z
224 Eq. (3-8) change 0.611 to 0.6108 to be compatible with eqn. 11  (R.Allen, 2/2001)
226 Eq. (3-14) -0.0018 P ® -0.0021 P     (this may require an explanatory footnote)
226

List of parameters of Eq. (3-14)

Kt turbidity coefficient [], 0 < Kt £1.0 where Kt = 1.0 for clean air and Kt = 1.0 for extremely trubid, dusty or polluted air

Kt = 1.0 ® Kt » 0.5
227

First line of Equation (3-20)

KD = 0.35 – 0.33 KB   for KB £ 0.15

KD = 0.35 - 0.36 KB   for KB £ 0.15

(i.e., 0.33 ® 0.36)   (this may require an explanatory footnote)

267

In section on Equations for figures 29 and 30 of Chapter 6. All occurrences where "Equation 3" is mentioned

 

All occurrences of "Equation 3" should be changed to "Equation 7-3"
  268 Example 7-1 of Annex 7: Application of Eq. 7-3 to Example 25 Calculation from equation is incorrect. Change four occurrences of "0.57" to "0.53" . Change two occurrences of "0.63" to "0.61" and change final answer from "3.2 mm/day" to "3.0 mm/day".