The use of numerical weather forecast model predictions as a source of data for irrigation modelling

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-318

  Venäläinen, Ari ^a   Salo, T ^b   Fortelius, C ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; IRRIGATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY OF PARAMETERS; HIGH RESOLUTION LIMITED AREA MODEL; IRRIGATION MODELLING; NUMERICAL WEATHER FORECASTS; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATIONS; POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; PREDICTION; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 31144468914     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135048270500188X     Document Type: Article

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