Potential evaporation functions compared on US watersheds: Possible implications for global-scale water balance and terrestrial ecosystem modeling

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 207, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 147-169

  Vorosmarty C J ^a,b   Federer, C A ^a   Schloss, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b University of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Global scale; Land surface hydrology; Potential evaporation; Water balance model

Indexed keywords

POTENTIAL EVAPORATION FUNCTION; WATER BALANCE MODEL (WBM);

ALGORITHMS; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FUNCTIONS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

WATERSHEDS;

ECOSYSTEM; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MODELING; WATER BALANCE;

EID: 0032565978     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00109-7     Document Type: Article

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