A re-evaluation of the average annual global water balance

Physical Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 467-479

  Legates, David R ^a   McCabe Jr , Gregory J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C.W. Thornthwaite; J.R. Mather; Potential evapotranspiration; Water balance climatology

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249100692     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.26.6.467     Document Type: Article

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