Evaluation of FAO Penman-Monteith and alternative methods for estimating reference evapotranspiration with missing data in Southern Ontario, Canada

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 635-644

  Sentelhas, Paulo C ^a   Gillespie, Terry J ^b   Santos, Eduardo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hargreaves; Irrigation management; Priestley Taylor; Thornthwaite; Water balance

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; DATA SETS; HARGREAVES; INPUT VARIABLES; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION PLANNING; MISSING DATA; NET RADIATION; ONTARIO; ONTARIO , CANADA; PENMAN-MONTEITH; PRIESTLEY-TAYLOR; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; TEMPERATURE DATA; VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT; WATER BALANCE; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; LOCATION; PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

ESTIMATION;

AGROMETEOROLOGY; AIR TEMPERATURE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NET RADIATION; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 76349106892     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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