Spatially distributed monthly reference evapotranspiration derived from the calibration of Thornthwaite equation: A case study, South of Iran

Irrigation Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 303-312

  Ahmadi, Seyed Hamid ^a   Fooladmand, Hamid Reza ^b  

^a Agricultural Research and Education Organization   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; THORNTHWAITE EQUATION;

CROPS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; DATA REDUCTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CALIBRATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FARS; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 41849119869     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-007-0094-8     Document Type: Article

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