A simple model to estimate monthly forest evapotranspiration in Japan from monthly temperature

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1896-1911

  Komatsu, Hikaru ^a   Kume, Tomonori ^b   Otsuki, Kyoichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Forest; Hamon equation; Model; Temperature; Thornthwaite equation

Indexed keywords

EQUATION MODELS; EQUILIBRIUM EVAPORATION; FOREST; FOREST SITES; FORESTED AREA; M METHOD; SIMPLE MODEL; WATER BALANCE;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER SUPPLY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EQUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST; MODELING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER BUDGET;

JAPAN;

EID: 77954352435     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7622     Document Type: Article

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