Prediction of Falling Rate Evaporation from Bare Soils

Two methods of predicting evaporation from bare soils during the falling rate stage proposed by Gardner, and by Gardner and Hillel were tested under field conditions. The prediction through latter method was found more closer to the observed results on two soils, a sandy loam and a clay loam while the former one underestimated the evaporation from both the soils. The deviation from the actual values was however slightly higher for the sandy loam soil.