Determining loss characteristics of arid zone river waterbodies

River Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 715-731

  Costelloe, Justin ^a   Shields, Andrew ^a   Grayson, Rodger B ^a   McMahon, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ariz zone rivers; Lake Eyre Basin; Open water evaporation; Penman combination equation

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; EVAPORATION; RETENTION; RIVER SYSTEM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE BASIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34848831107     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.991     Document Type: Article

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