A simple temperature method for the estimation of evapotranspiration

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2945-2960

  Enku, Temesgen ^a,b   Melesse, Assefa M ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Ethiopia; Evapotranspiration; Hargreaves method; New simple temperature method; Penman Monteith method

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ETHIOPIA; HARGREAVES METHODS; NEW SIMPLE TEMPERATURE METHOD; PENMAN-MONTEITH METHOD;

ESTIMATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; METEOROLOGY;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84896731082     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9844     Document Type: Article

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