Evaluation of three evaporation estimation methods in a Canadian prairie landscape

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2801-2815

  Armstrong, Robert N ^a   Pomeroy, John W ^a   Martz, Lawrence W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulk transfer; Canopy resistance; Complimentary evaporation; Eddy covariance; Evaporation; Land surface scheme; Penman Monteith; Prairie hydrology; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DEWATERING; ESTIMATION; EVAPORATION; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; METEOROLOGY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSPIRATION; VAPORS;

BULK TRANSFER; CANADIAN PRAIRIE; CANOPY RESISTANCE; COMPLIMENTARY EVAPORATION; DRYING POWER; EDDY COVARIANCE; EDDY COVARIANCE SYSTEMS; EVAPORATION ESTIMATION; INVERSE FUNCTIONS; LAND SURFACE SCHEME; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES; LAND SURFACES; PENMAN EQUATION; PENMAN-MONTEITH; POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; PRAIRIE HYDROLOGY; SASKATCHEWAN; SATURATED SURFACES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPORAL SCALING; TURBULENT TRANSFER;

MOISTURE;

EDDY COVARIANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; FOREST CANOPY; MODELING; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; PRAIRIE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 48749132456     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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