Comparison of the Thornthwaite method and pan data with the standard Penman-Monteith estimates of reference evapotranspiration in China

Climate Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-132

  Chen, Deliang ^a,b   Gao, Ge ^a,b   Xu, Chong Yu ^c   Guo, Jun ^d   Ren, Guoyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Tianjin Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

China; Pan; Penman Monteith; Reference evapotranspiration; Thornthwaite; Water evaporation

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 17444370125     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr028123     Document Type: Article

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