Guidelines for Validating Bowen Ratio Data

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1051-1060

  Payero, J O ^a,e   Neale, C M U ^b   Wright, J L ^c   Allen, R G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Bowen ratio; Energy balance; ET; Evapotranspiration; Grass; Latent heat flux; Lysimeter; Soil heat flux

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; CROPS; DATA REDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; SOILS;

BOWEN RATIO;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALFALFA; BOWEN RATIO; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASSLAND; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LYSIMETER; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

UNITED STATES;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0242318946     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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