An evaluation of actual evapotranspiration in tropical East Africa

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 501-510

  Karongo, S K ^a   Sharma, T C ^b  

^a Provincial Irrigation Unit   (Kenya)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Actual evapotranspiration; Grindley model; Morton model; Penman root constant; Water balance analysis

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PERFORMANCE; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; CATCHMENT; GRINDLEY MODEL; MORTON MODEL; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; WATER BALANCE ANALYSIS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRINDLEY MODEL; MORTON MODEL; WATER BALANCE ANALYSIS;

KENYA;

EID: 0031115559     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199704)11:5<501::aid-hyp456>3.0.co;2-t     Document Type: Review

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