Regionalization of the Hargreaves coefficient to estimate long-term reference evapotranspiration series in SE Spain

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1137-1152

  Maestre Valero, J F ^a   Martinez Alvarez V ^a   Gonzalez Real M M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hargreaves coefficient; Monthly evapotranspiration; Regional function; Semi arid climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889036376     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2013114-3869     Document Type: Article

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