Comparison and modification of equations for calculating evapotranspiration (ET) with data from Gansu Province, Northwest China

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 477-490

  Zhai, Luxin ^a   Feng, Qi ^a,b   Li, Qisen ^a,b   Xu, Cundong ^a,c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Climatic index; Empirical method; Evapotranspiration; Northwest China; Pan evaporation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650441335     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.502     Document Type: Article

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