Development and properties of 0.25-degree gridded evapotranspiration data fields of China for hydrological studies

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 358, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 145-158

  Thomas, Axel ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Gridded data; Interpolation; Reference evapotranspiration; Run off; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; PHOTORESISTS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THEOREM PROVING; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION (AET); ANNUAL RATES; DATA FIELDS; DATA SETS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HYDROLOGICAL ACTIVITY; OUT OF PHASE (OP); PENMAN-MONTEITH; PET DATA; PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITIES; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; TEMPORAL PROPERTIES;

WATER SUPPLY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

BOTTLES; CLIMATES; DATA PROCESSING; EVAPORATION; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; PRECIPITATION; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 48649096566     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.05.034     Document Type: Article

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