floating pan

floating pan

[¦flōd·iŋ ′pan]
(engineering)
An evaporation pan in which the evaporation is measured from water in a pan floating in a larger body of water.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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