Potential evaporation trends over land between 1983-2008: Driven by radiative fluxes or vapour-pressure deficit?

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 7601-7616

  Matsoukas, C ^a   Benas, N ^b   Hatzianastassiou, N ^c   Pavlakis, K G ^d   Kanakidou, M ^b   Vardavas, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATURATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 79960990090     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-7601-2011     Document Type: Review

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