On the attribution of changing pan evaporation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Roderick, Michael L ^a   Rotstayn, Leon D ^b   Farquhar, Graham D ^a   Hobbins, Michael T ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGY; IRRADIATION; WIND;

HYDROLOGIC CYCLE; PAN EVAPORATION; SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AERODYNAMICS; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MASS BALANCE; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948956277     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031166     Document Type: Article

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