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potential evaporation
A measure of the degree to which the weather or climate of a region is favorable to the process of evaporation. It is usually considered to be the rate of evaporation, under existing atmospheric conditions, from a surface of water that is chemically pure and has the temperature of the lowest layer of the atmosphere. See Bowen ratio, relative evaporation.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Weather
- Category: Meteorology
- Company: AMS
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- Kevin Bowles
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