Comparative Analysis of METRIC Model and Atmometer Methods for Estimating Actual Evapotranspiration

Table 3

Statistics comparing between -METRIC and -atm at the Brookings, Volga, and Oka Lake sites.

Site	ETa-METRIC (mm day^−1)	ETa-atm (mm day^−1)	MBE (mm day^−1)	RMSE (mm day^−1)		“”
Brookings	5.71	5.44	0.27	0.56	0.89	0.91
Volga	4.88	5.07	−0.19	0.91	0.81	0.89
Oak Lake	5.50	4.35	1.15	0.48	0.90	0.73
Average	5.36	4.95	0.41	0.65	0.87	0.84