Abstract:
In order to estimate the transpiration(T
r) and soil evaporation(E
g) of cucumber plants in greenhouse conditions, based on the micro-meteorological data(measured in a greenhouse in spring-summer and autumn-winter planting seasons in 2018), cucumber crop leaf area index(LAI) and root soil moisture data in the area, the parameters in the dual crop coefficient model(Dual-K
c) and Priestley-Taylor(P-T) model recommended by FAO-56 were corrected, and the revised Dual-K
c and P-T models were applied(M-PT) to estimate greenhouse cucumber evapotranspiration(ET
c). The measured data of spring-summer and autumn-winter crops in 2019 were used to verify the accuracy of the model. The results show that the ET
c and T
r calculated by the improved Dual-K
c and M-PT models have a good agreement with the measured values, and the performance of the Dual-K
c model is better than that of the M-PT model. The root mean square error(RMSE), mean absolute error(MAE), deviation rate(Bias) and correlation coefficient(R~2) of the Dual-K
c model in predicting cucumber ET
c are 0.36 mm/d, 0.28 mm/d,-0.10 and 0.98 for spring-summer planting season, and 0.28 mm/d, 0.22 mm/d,-0.11 and 0.97 for autumn-winter planting season, respectively. The RMSE, MAE, Bias and R~2of M-PT model are 0.48 mm/d, 0.42 mm/d,-0.17 and 0.97 for spring-summer planting season and 0.41 mm/d, 0.31 mm/d,-0.24 and 0.95 for autumn-winter planting season, respectively. Although M-PT model has a slightly higher estimation error than Dual-K
c model, its simple structure and fewer parameter requirements make it more worthy of application in the estimation of greenhouse crop evapotranspiration(ET
c).