Pan-evaporation measurements and Morton-point potential evaporation estimates in Australia: Are their trends the same?

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 711-718

  Kirono, Dewi G C ^a   Jones, Roger N ^a   Cleugh, Helen A ^a  

^a Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate change; Climate projections; Modelled potential evaporation; Pan evaporation; Potential evaporation; Trend

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE PROJECTIONS; MODELLED POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; PAN EVAPORATION; POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; TREND;

CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; EVAPORATION; VAPORS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TREND ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67649967677     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1731     Document Type: Article

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