Global review and synthesis of trends in observed terrestrial near-surface wind speeds: Implications for evaporation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 416-417, Issue , 2012, Pages 182-205

  McVicar, Tim R ^a   Roderick, Michael L ^b   Donohue, Randall J ^a   Li, Ling Tao ^a   Van Niel, Thomas G ^a   Thomas, Axel ^c,l   Grieser, Jürgen ^d   Jhajharia, Deepak ^e   Himri, Youcef ^f   Mahowald, Natalie M ^g   Mescherskaya, Anna V ^h   Kruger, Andries C ⁱ   Rehman, Shafiqur ^j   Dinpashoh, Yagob ^k  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GIS Service GmbH   (Germany)

^d RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^f Societe Algerienne de l'Electricite et du Gaz   (Algeria)

^g Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^h VOEIKOV MAIN GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^j KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^l JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Climate change; Evaporation paradox; Pan evaporation; Reference evapotranspiration; Stilling; Trends

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATIVE DEMANDS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; NEAR-SURFACE; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; PAN EVAPORATION; PRIMARY FACTORS; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; STILLING; TRENDS; WARMING CLIMATE; WIND SPEED;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; WATER SUPPLY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENT; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMIDITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; METEOROLOGY; RADIANCE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE AREA; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE; WATER YIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84855268640     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.024     Document Type: Review

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