Comparison of the evaporative fraction and the Priestley- Taylor α for parameterizing daytime evaporation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1403-1409

  Crago, Richard D ^a  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HEAT; HYPOTHESIS; SOIL MOISTURE;

EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE FRACTION; PRIESTLEY-TAYLOR PARAMETER;

EID: 0029662875     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00269     Document Type: Review

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