| ABSTRACT Before choosing the method of the estimate of reference evapotranspiraton (ET0) in a region, it is important to evaluate the degree of precision of the model. The present research aimed to evaluate the performance of 30 methods for daily ET0 estimate in the Cassilândia city, Brazil. The meteorological data had been obtained from the National Institute of Meteorology in the period of four years (from April, 2008 to March, 2012). As standard method it was chosen the Penman-Monteith-FAO56, and the comparison of the results was by means of the estimated standard error (ESE), the determination coefficient (R2), the coefficients “a” and “b” of the linear regressions, Willmott's index of agreement (d), Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) and the... |
