Sources of variability of evapotranspiration in California

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-19

  Hidalgo, Hugo G ^a   Cayan, Daniel R ^a,b   Dettinger, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; CLOUD COVER; HUMIDITY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14944368621     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-398.1     Document Type: Article

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