Estimation of water loss is performed using the FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper. No. 56. We estimated ET in four main steps:
First, we identified four weather stations near to the GSL and Utah Lake.
First, we identified four weather stations near to the GSL and Utah Lake.
Second, reference evapotranspiration (Etr) was collected for each station. Daily reference evapotranspiration was collected from the Utah Climate Center for the period between 2005 and 2015
Third, Crop coefficients (Kc) was collected from the literature review
Fourth, Evapotranspiration of Phragmites was estimated as a product of ETr and Kc