A discussion on and alternative to the Penman-Monteith equation

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 711-721

  Widmoser, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Evaporation; Penman Monteith equation; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENERGY BALANCE; ERRORS; EVAPORATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENTS; EVAPORATION RATES; INPUT PARAMETERS; ITERATIVE SOLUTIONS; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEAR EQUATIONS; PENMAN MONTEITHS; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; STEP APPROXIMATIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; WATER-STRESSED PLANTS;

VAPORS;

AGROMETEOROLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 60549096710     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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