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1.2 Factors Affecting Evaporation |
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1.2.1 Vapour Pressure Difference |
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1.2.4 Atmospheric Pressure |
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1.3 Methods of Determining Evaporation |
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1.3.1 Water Budget or Storage Equation Method |
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1.3.2 Mass Transfer Method |
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1.3.3 Energy Budget Method |
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1.4.1 Class A U.S. Weather Bureau Land Pan |
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1.4.2 Colorado Sunken Pan |
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1.4.3 U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry Sunken Pan |
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1.4.4 U.S. Geological Survey Floating Pan |
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1.4.5 Meteorological Instruments |
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1.4.6 Merits and Demerits of Different Pans |
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1.5 Coefficients for Standard Evaporation Pans |
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12 | (2) |
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1.6 Meteorological Station |
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2 Evaporation Control from Reservoirs |
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16 | (3) |
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16 | (2) |
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2.2 Methods of Application |
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2.2.1 In the Form of Suitable Solution |
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2.2.2 In the Form of Fine Powder |
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2.2.3 Emulsion or Suspension |
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2.3 Comparison of Different Methods |
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2.4 Preparation of N-Long Chain Alcohols |
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2.4.1 Quality of the Materials |
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2.6 Monolayer Properties of Alcohols and Alkoxy Ethanols |
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2.6.1 Film Pressure-area Isotherns (r-A) Isotherms |
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2.6.2 Rate of Spreading and Equilibrium Spreading Pressure |
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2.6.5 Formation of Monolayer |
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2.12.2 Shore Dispensing Unit |
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2.12.4 Meteorological Equipment |
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2.14 Methods of Evaluating Evaporation Reduction |
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2.14.1 Energy Budget and Mass Transfer Method |
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2.14.2 Water Budget and Pan to Lake Method |
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2.14.3 Simplified USBR Method |
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3 Studies on Evaporation Control in India |
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3.1.1 Gorewada Lake and Vihar Lake |
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3.1.5 Irrigation Development Division, PWD, Bombay |
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3.1.6 Central Soil and Materials Research Station |
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3.1.7 Institute of Hydraulics and Hydrology, Poondi, Madras |
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3.1.8 Karnataka Engineering Research Station, Krishnarajsagar |
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3.1.9 Central Public Health Engineering Institute, Nagpur |
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3.1.10 Central Salt Marine Chemical Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat |
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3.2 National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra |
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3.2.3 Evaluation of Different Methods |
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4 Studies on Evaporation Retardation in Foreign Countries |
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4.1 Stephens Creek Reservoir at Broken Hill, Australia |
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4.2 Malya Reservoir and Other Lakes in Africa |
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4.7 Umberumerks Reservoir, Australia |
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4.8 Lake Corella in Australia |
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4.9 Rattlesnake Reservoir, USA |
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4.10 Ralston Creek Reservoir, USA |
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4.13 Boulder Basin of Lake Mead, USA |
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4.15 Pactola Reservoir, USA |
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4.16 Elephant Butte Reservoir, Utah Lake, and Hyrum Reservoir, USA |
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4.17 Scofield Reservior, (Utah) and Salmon Creek Reservior, USA |
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4.19 The Evaporation Retardation Work Done in Various, Foreign Countries |
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5 Recommendations for Further Studies |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (4) |
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II Surface Pressure of Certain Indicator Oils at 21°C |
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