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Evaporation is analyzed as a phenomenon of molecular diffusion from a large rough surface into random-lived internal scale turbulent eddies. The model is based on the principles of similarity and stochastic renewal. It is shown that evaporation is proportional to the 0.75 power of the friction velocity and to the square root of the molecular diffusivity. This is in agreement with the available experimental data.
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Wilfried Brutsaert (1965) studied this question.
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