Application of the Flux-Variance Technique for Evapotranspiration Estimates in Three Types of Agricultural Structures

Table 7

Statistical variables for the regressions between latent heat fluxes deduced from energy balance and estimated by the FV method (Figure 8).

		DOY	Slope, a	Intercept, b	RMSE (W·m^−2)
S1 banana 2011	Calibration	219–230	1.02	−12.96	10.32	0.99
	Validation	231–241	1.01	−16.09	8.96	0.99
S2a pepper 2013	Calibration	133–145	1.08	9.02	32.39	0.93
	Validation	146–166	1.07	11.67	33.64	0.92

Results are presented for the thermocouple positioned at the measurement height that provided the best performance in each campaign.