“…Limited water resources, competition between different sectors in using these resources, and expansion of irrigated land all call for optimal consumption (Moazed et al, 2012). Since, in developing countries, 92% of the total water is used in agriculture (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, 2008), the accurate calculation of evapotranspiration is essential for irrigation scheduling (Molden & Sakthivadivel, 1999; Allen et al, 2007), drought monitoring (Golian et al, 2019; Lorenz et al, 2017), groundwater resources management (Wilcox, 2019) and plant growth (Blatchford et al, 2020).…”