Reference evapotranspiration estimate with limited weather data across a range of Mediterranean climates

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 481, Issue , 2013, Pages 166-176

  Todorovic, Mladen ^a   Karic, Biljana ^a   Pereira, Luis S ^b  

^a ISTITUTO AGRONOMICO MEDITERRANEO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Data correction for aridity; Data correction for humidity; FAO Penman Monteith temperature method; Hargreaves Samani equation; Reference evapotranspiration estimation from temperature data; Spatial interpolation

Indexed keywords

DATA CORRECTIONS; HARGREAVES-SAMANI EQUATION; PENMAN-MONTEITH; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; TEMPERATURE DATA;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; QUALITY CONTROL; SUN; WATER SUPPLY;

ESTIMATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATIC REGION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84873097600     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.12.034     Document Type: Article

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