Potential evapotranspiration for the distributed modeling of Belgian catchments

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Vazquez R F ^a   Feyen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Catchments; Estimation; Evapotranspiration; Hydrologic models; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

ANGSTROM COEFFICIENTS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS;

EID: 10744224557     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2004)130:1(1)     Document Type: Article

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