A global comparison of four potential evapotranspiration equations and heir relevance to stream flow modelling in semi-arid environments

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 18, Issue , 2008, Pages 15-23

  Weiss M ^a   Menzel, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

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EID: 61349158795     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-18-15-2008     Document Type: Article

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