Evaluation of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. evapotranspiration in Northern and Southern Italy

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 721-728

  Borin, Maurizio ^a   Milani, Mirco ^b   Salvato, Michela ^a   Toscano, Attilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Crop coefficient; Evapotranspiration; Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin.; Wetland hydrology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC VARIABLES; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CROP COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; GROWTH STAGES; HYDRAULIC MODELING; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLASTIC TANKS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOUTHERN ITALY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER LOSS; WETLAND HYDROLOGY; WETLAND SYSTEMS;

CROPS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; TANKS (CONTAINERS); VEGETATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WETLANDS;

ADVECTION; AGE CLASS; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GRASS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; REEDBED;

ITALY;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 79955596896     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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