Evapotranspiration in the Mekong and Yellow river basins

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 623-638

  Zhou, Maichun ^a   Ishidaira, Hiroshi ^b   Takeuchi, Kuniyoshi ^c   Gao, Yongtong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c Public Works Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

FAO 56; Humid areas; Mekong River; Penman Monteith equation; Potential evapotranspiration; Reference evapotranspiration; Semi arid areas; Shuttleworth Wallace model; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

FAO-56; HUMID AREAS; MEKONG RIVER; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SEMI-ARID AREAS; SHUTTLEWORTH-WALLACE MODEL; YELLOW RIVER;

ARID REGIONS; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; LINEARITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PREDICTION; RIVER BASIN; VEGETATION COVER;

DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; PLANTS; RIVERS; TRANSPIRATION; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; WATER SHEDS; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; MEKONG BASIN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 69949120187     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.3.623     Document Type: Article

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