Evaluation of alternative spatial models of vapour pressure in Canada

26th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 175-185

  McKenney, Daniel W ^a   Hutchinson, M F ^b   Papadopol, P ^a   Price, D T ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DEWPOINT; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT (VPD);

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CONDENSATION; DENSITY OF GASES; ERRORS; EVALUATION; EVAPORATION; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 22144462878     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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