Recent changes in reference evapotranspiration in Romania

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 127-136

  Croitoru, Adina Eliza ^a   Piticar, Adrian ^a   Dragotǎ, Carmen Sofia ^b   Burada, Doina Cristina ^c,d  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

^c Oltenia Regional Meteorological Center National Meteorological Administration   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Mann Kendall test and Sen's slope; Reference evapotranspiration; Romania; Trend

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOFTWARE TESTING; STREAM FLOW; WIND;

CLIMATIC CHANGES; MANN-KENDALL TEST; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; ROMANIA; TREND;

CULTIVATION;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CROP PRODUCTION; DATA SET; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; MAPPING; SOFTWARE; WEATHER STATION;

ROMANIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84884971443     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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