Modelling reference evapotranspiration using feed forward backpropagation algorithm in arid regions of Africa

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 404-417

  Wang, Yu Min ^a   Traore, Seydou ^a   Kerh, Tienfuan ^a   Leu, Jan Mou ^b  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arid regions; Evapotranspiration; Feed forward backpropagation; Modelling; Temperature data

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959812669     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.589     Document Type: Article

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