Evapotranspiration model for semi-arid shrub-lands tested against data from SE Spain

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 67-84

  Domingo, F ^a   Villagarcia L ^a   Brenner, A J ^b   Puigdefabregas J ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Clumped; Evapotranspiration; Modelling; Retama sphaerocarpa; Soil evaporation; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; MICROMETEOROLOGY; SEMIARID REGION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033516269     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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