Validating climate models for computing evapotranspiration in hydrologic studies: How relevant are climate model simulations over Florida?

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 81-90

  Obeysekera, Jayantha ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Evapotranspiration; Hydrologic modeling; Regional Climate Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893768175     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0411-0     Document Type: Article

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