Calibration of the equations of Hargreaves and Thornthwaite to estimate the potential evapotranspiration in semi-arid and subhumid tropical climates for regional applications

Atmosfera

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 331-348

  Bautista, F ^a   Bautista, D ^a   Delgado Carranza, C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Calibration; Evapotranspiration; Hargreaves; M xico; Thornthwaite; Yucat n

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RADIATION BALANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

EID: 70350770929     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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