Evaporation from a riparian system in a semi‐arid environment

Measurements of micrometeorological variables were made for a complete annual cycle using an automatic weather station and two energy budget–Bowen ratio systems at a field site adjacent to the Santa Cruz River in southern Arizona. These data were used to provide the basis of an estimate of the evaporation from a one‐mile long losing reach of a riparian corridor in this semi‐arid environment. A remotely sensed map of vegetation cover was used to …