Microlysimeter station for long term non-rainfall water input and evaporation studies

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 182-183, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-20

  Ucles O ^a   Villagarcia L ^b   Canton Y ^c   Domingo, F ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dew; Evaporation; Microlysimeter; Non rainfall water input; Semiarid; Water vapour adsorption

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; DEW; EVAPORATION; FOG; LYSIMETER; SEMIARID REGION; WATER BUDGET; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84883276230     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.07.017     Document Type: Article

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