Abstract
Water molecules having sufficient kinetic energy escape from the surface of liquid water to the air, while water molecules in vapor form return from the air to a liquid state. When the rates of escaping and returning water molecules are the same, the process is said to be in an equilibrium status with no net evaporation from the water surface. If air flow carries away many of the molecules that escape from the liquid surface and if this rate of loss is greater than the rate of molecules returning to the surface net evaporation occurs.
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Kumagai, T. (2011). Transpiration in Forest Ecosystems. In: Levia, D., Carlyle-Moses, D., Tanaka, T. (eds) Forest Hydrology and Biogeochemistry. Ecological Studies, vol 216. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1363-5_19
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