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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Peter Helm, Dr Ross Stirling, Professor Stephanie Glendinning
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In the absence of measured data, potential evapotranspiration is commonly estimated at a given siteaccording to the methods outlined by Allen et al. (1998). Their work provides a system of calculationto derive the solar radiation values required to predict the available energy for water vaporisation. Assuch estimations of potential evapotranspiration are very dependent on the available data. In this work,meteorological parameters including air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, near-surface soiltemperature, shortwave and net radiation were measured for a complete year at the BIONICS trialembankment, Newcastle, UK.Estimates were made of the net radiation for a number of cases (1. no radiation data and 2. measuredincident short wave radiation) and compared to the field monitored values. These data were in turn usedto estimate the potential evapotranspiration () from the embankment.The results indicate that the net radiation and hence derived entirely from estimated data aresignificantly higher than those derived with measured shortwave radiation and the measured netradiation. Results for estimates of derived from monitored shortwave and net radiation data aremuch closer to each other. In order to investigate the potential effects on slope stability, an assessmentof soil moisture deficit was undertaken and the results indicate that numerical models using the differentestimates of would likely produce significantly different results in terms of generated suctions andhence the potential for shrink-swell cycles and strain softening behavior.
Author(s): Helm P, Stirling RA, Glendinning S
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: 3rd International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics
Year of Conference: 2016
Pages: 697-707
Online publication date: 13/07/2016
Acceptance date: 13/07/2016
ISSN: 1877-7058
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.06.105
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.06.105
Series Title: Procedia Engineering - Advances in Transportation Geotechnics 3
