Intercomparison of methods for calculating potential evaporation in regional and global water balance models

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2315-2321

  Federer, C A ^a   Vorosmarty C ^b,c   Fekete, B ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTANCE; EVAPORATION; FLUID BALANCE; MODEL; PLANT LEAF; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

EVAPORATION; WATER BALANCE MODEL;

EID: 0029662874     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00801     Document Type: Article

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