A uniform versus an aggregated water balance of a semi-arid watershed

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 331-342

  Flerchinger, G N ^a   Cooley, K R ^a   Hanson, C L ^a   Seyfried, M S ^a  

^a NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregating; Evapotranspiration; Hydrological balance; Precipitation; Rangeland; Snow

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SNOW; WATERSHEDS;

BOWEN RATIO; SIMULTANEOUS HEAT AND WATER MODEL (SHAW);

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 0032001015     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199802)12:2<331::aid-hyp580>3.0.co;2-e     Document Type: Article

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