Abstract:
A weather station was established on the dock of the Oregon State
University Marine Science Center, Yaquina Bay, Oregon. A total of
197 weather observations was made from 30 June 1966 to 23 September
1966, with emphasis on the determination of the rate of evaporation
from an evaporation pan and from atmometers.
Sources of observational error were investigated and corrections
applied as necessary. The daily variation in evaporation was determined.
The correlation between wind, vapor pressure, and evaporation
was found. Atmometers were used to estimate the evaporation
from the surface of Yaquina Bay, and the possibility of using atmometers
at sea was investigated.
