Seasonal temperature-based models for reference evapotranspiration estimation under semi-arid condition of Malawi

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 878-886

  Wang, Yu Min ^a   Namaona, Willy ^a   Traore, Seydou ^a   Zhang, Zhao Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agricultural water management; Crop water requirement; Irrigation; Modeling; Wind effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349568344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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