Evaluation of Blaney-Criddle equation for estimating evapotranspiration in south of Iran

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3103-3109

  Fooladmand, Hamid Reza ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blaney criddle equation; Effective temperature; Evapotranspiration; Fars province; Iran; Penman Monteith equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960781670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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