Combining the Penman-Monteith equation with measurements of surface temperature and reflectance to estimate evaporation rates of semiarid grassland

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 80, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 87-109

  Moran, M S ^a   Rahman, A F ^b   Washburne, J C ^b   Goodrich, D C ^c   Weltz, M A ^c   Kustas, W P ^d  

^a U S WATER CONSERVATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION RATE; PENMAN-MONTEITH THEORY; REFLECTANCE; SEMIARID GRASSLAND; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030436084     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1923(95)02292-9     Document Type: Article

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