Evaluating the complementary relationship for estimating evapotranspiration from arid shrublands

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Huntington, J L ^a   Szilagyi, J ^b,c   Tyler, S W ^d   Pohll, G M ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-ARIDITY MODELS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL PREDICTION; COMPLEMENTARY RELATIONSHIP; COMPLEX PROCESSES; EDDY CORRELATIONS; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NEAR-SURFACE; PREDICTION ACCURACY; SHRUBLANDS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WATER BUDGET;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARID REGION; ARIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDICTION; SHRUBLAND; SOIL TYPE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958040728     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009874     Document Type: Article

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