underestimated by the Ritchie model and overestimated by the Stroosnijder model. The main effect of shading was due to the dominant …-2) of evaporation. The Ritchie model performed well to estimate ∑Es from the basin area and the potential Stroosnijder … model from the unshaded runoff strips. The microclimate of the cropping system changed according to surface treatments that …