EVAPORATION REPORT

1. What procedure changes a liquid state to a gaseous state due to an increase in temperature?
2. What causes the water molecules to move around during the evaporation process?
3. What process changes liquid into vapor without boiling?
4. What causes the speed of molecules in random motion different?
5. What will happen when a molecule near the surface of the liquid gets sufficient speed or
energy?
6. What will happen to the evaporation process when it occurs to higher temperatures?
7. What will happen if the temperature of air is increased?
8. It is a fundamental atmospheric quantity caused by air moving from high to low pressure, usually
due to changes in temperature.
9. What do we call the amount of water vapor present in the air?
10. What will happen to the rate of evaporation when the temperature and wind speed are
increased but humidity is constant?
11. What measures the hotness or coldness of an object?
12. What is a small electronic device used to measure temperature?
13. What will happen to the electrical resistance of the thermistor if the temperature increases?
14. What are the standard scales for temperature?
15. It is a unit of measurement equal to the average air pressure at sea level at a temperature of 15
degrees Celsius.
16. – 20.
I. On 24 January 2013, in the Upper Brushy Creek watershed, the net radiation averaged
over the day from the National Land Data Assimilation System, is 52 W/m2 . The average
air temperature through the day is 17°C and a corresponding factor is L = 28.89 (W/m2)
(mm/day). Compute the corresponding potential evaporation rate using the energy
balance method.
II. . Determine the lake evaporation for a month in which the saturated vapor pressure
above water surface is 17.0 and vapor pressure at some level is 11.7, where the wind
speed is 2.5625.
Given: e s = 17.0
e = 11.7
u = 2.5625

Answer Key
1. Evaporation
2. Solar Radiation
3. Evaporation
4. Intermolecular Bombardments
5. It escapes from the liquid surface
6. It speeds up
7. The capacity to hold moisture also increases
8. Wind Speed
9. Humidity
10. Evaporation will increase
11. Temperature
12. Thermistor
13. Electrical resistance increases
14. Fahrenheit and Celsius
15. Atmosphere
16. – 20.
I. Mass Balance

• Given: Rn = 52 w/m2

L = 28.89 (w/m2)(mm/day)

Rn
• Solution: Er =
L

w
52( )
m2
¿ = 180 mm/day
w mm
28.89 ( 2 )( )
m day

II. Mass Transfer

Using Meyer’s Formula: E=0.0269(u)(e s−e)

¿ 0.0269(2.5625)(17.0−11.7)

cm 30 days
¿ 0.37
day ( 1month )
¿ 11.1 cm/month