Comparison of precise water depth measurements on agricultural storages with open water evaporation estimates

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 193-200

  Craig, I P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Penman Monteith; Pressure sensitive transducer; Seepage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SEEPAGE; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATION (AWS); OPEN WATER EVAPORATION; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; PRESSURE SENSITIVE TRANSDUCERS; SEEPAGE COMPONENTS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SEEPAGE; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH DETERMINATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; OPEN WATER; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; SEEPAGE; TRANSDUCER; WATER DEPTH; WATER STORAGE;

AGRICULTURE; EVAPORATION; SEEPAGE; STORAGE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33747837452     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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