Estimation of potential evapotranspiration in the mountainous Panama Canal watershed

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1901-1917

  Wang, Jianzhong ^a   Georgakakos, Konstantine P ^a  

^a HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Penman Monteith; Potential evapotranspiration; Satellite leaf area index

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SATELLITE LEAF AREA INDEX;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CANALS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

WATERSHEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CANALS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND COVER; LAND USE; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATERSHED;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA CANAL; PANAMA CANAL ZONE;

EID: 34447313630     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6394     Document Type: Article

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