A simple model for estimating the Bowen ratio from climatic factors for determining latent and sensible heat flux

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-37

  Perez, P J ^a   Castellvi, F ^a   Martinez Cob A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bowen ratio; Energy partitioning; Evapotranspiration; Penman Monteith equation; Surface resistance

Indexed keywords

BOWEN RATIO; CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MODEL; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; SEMIARID REGION;

ARAGON; EBRO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; ZARAGOZA;

EID: 37349080908     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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