An Evaluation of Four Reference Evapotranspiration Models in a Subtropical Climate

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2867-2881

  Rahimikhoob, Ali ^a   Behbahani, Mahmood Reza ^a   Fakheri, Javad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Estimation; ET 0 equations; Iran; Reference evapotranspiration; Subtropical climate

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; ET 0 EQUATIONS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HARGREAVES; IRAN; METEOROLOGICAL SITES; PENMAN-MONTEITH METHOD; PRECISE METHOD; PRIESTLEY-TAYLOR; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES;

ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; TROPICS; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HUMIDITY; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

IRAN;

EID: 84862607794     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0054-9     Document Type: Article

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