Sensitivity of grass-and alfalfa-reference evapotranspiration to weather station sensor accuracy

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 543-549

  Porter, D ^a   Gowda, P ^b   Marek, T ^a,c   Howell, T ^b   Moorhead, J ^b   Irmak, S ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Soil and Water Management Research Unit ^*  (United States)

^c North Research Field   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Sensitivity analysis; Weather data; Weather stations

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AUTOMATED WEATHER STATIONS; CLIMATE DATA; CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; PRODUCTION RESEARCH; RELATIVE SENSITIVITY; SEMI-ARID REGION; SENSOR ACCURACY; SENSOR PLACEMENT; WEATHER DATA; WEATHER STATIONS; WIND SPEED;

ARID REGIONS; CROPS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES; WIND EFFECTS;

SENSORS;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84867273250     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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