Performance of the FAO-56 Penman-Monteith Method with Limited Meteorological Data in Eritrea: A Case Study of Halhale

Authors

  • T. W. GHEBRETNSAE Department of Environmental Management, Institute of Environmental Engineering, RUDN University, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya St, Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation; Department of Land Resources and Environment, Hamelmalo Agricultural College, Eritrea
  • E. S. MOHAMED Department of Environmental Management, Institute of Environmental Engineering, RUDN University, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya St, Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation; National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Cairo, Egypt
  • A. B. BOKRE Ministry of Agriculture, Keren, Asmara, Eritrea
  • T. TESFAY Department of Environmental Management, Institute of Environmental Engineering, RUDN University, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya St, Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation; Department of Land Resources and Environment, Hamelmalo Agricultural College, Eritrea

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54386/jam.v28i1.3243

Keywords:

FAO56-PM, Missing climate variable, Reference evapotranspiration (ETo), Hargreaves-Samani, Eritrea

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01-03-2026

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GHEBRETNSAE, T. W., MOHAMED, E. S., BOKRE, A. B., & TESFAY, T. (2026). Performance of the FAO-56 Penman-Monteith Method with Limited Meteorological Data in Eritrea: A Case Study of Halhale . Journal of Agrometeorology, 28(1), 88–91. https://doi.org/10.54386/jam.v28i1.3243

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