Combined analysis of energy and water balances to estimate latent heat flux of a sudanian small catchment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 227-240

  Guyot, Adrien ^a   Cohard, Jean Martial ^a   Anquetin, Sandrine ^a   Galle, Sylvie ^a   Lloyd, Colin R ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actual evapotranspiration; Energy balance closure; Scintillometry; Soil water storage; Water balance closure; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SCINTILLOMETRY; SOIL WATER STORAGE; WATER BALANCE CLOSURE; WEST AFRICA;

AQUIFERS; BUDGET CONTROL; CATCHMENTS; DROUGHT; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEAT FLUX; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; LATENT HEAT; RUNOFF; SCINTILLATION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; ROOT SYSTEM; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 69549103350     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.12.027     Document Type: Article

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