Accuracy of the Bowen ratio-energy balance method for measuring latent heat flux in a semiarid advective environment

Irrigation Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-140

  Gavilan P ^a   Berengena, J ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO ALAMEDA DEL OBISPO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LYSIMETERS; VAPORS;

ADVECTIVE AREAS; BOWEN RATIO-ENERGY BALANCE (BREB); LATENT HEAT FLUX; SEMIARID ADVECTIVE ENVIRONMENT;

HEAT FLUX;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LYSIMETERS; VAPORS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOWEN RATIO; CROP PLANT; EDDY; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HUMIDITY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LYSIMETER; SEMIARID REGION; TEMPERATURE;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 33846165130     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-006-0040-1     Document Type: Article

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