Variation in reference crop evapotranspiration caused by the Ångström-Prescott coefficient: Locally calibrated versus the FAO recommended

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1137-1145

  Liu, Xiaoying ^a   Mei, Xurong ^a   Li, Yuzhong ^a   Wang, Qingsuo ^a   Zhang, Yanqing ^a   Porter, John Roy ^b  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ngstr m Prescott coefficients; Penman Monteith; Reference crop evapotranspiration

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATIONS; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AIR TEMPERATURES; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATIONS; CROP WATER USE; DIRECT USE; HIGH YIELDS; LONG-TERM DATA RECORDS; MONTHLY SCALE; PENMAN-MONTEITH; PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS; REFERENCE CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SHORT WAVES; WATER BASINS; WATER USE; YELLOW RIVER BASINS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CALIBRATION; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; VAPOR PRESSURE;

WATER SUPPLY;

CALIBRATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 64949128845     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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