Comparison of artificial neural networks and prediction models for reference evapotranspiration estimation in a semi-arid region

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 477-497

  Dehbozorgi, Fatemeh ^a   Sepaskhah, Ali Reza ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

empirical model; Penman FAO; Penman Monteith; smoothed data; weighing lysimeter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859592542     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2010.530255     Document Type: Article

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