A worldwide analysis of spatiotemporal changes in water balance-based evapotranspiration from 1982 to 2009

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1186-1202

  Zeng, Zhenzhong ^a   Wang, Tao ^b   Zhou, Feng ^a   Ciais, Philippe ^b   Mao, Jiafu ^c   Shi, Xiaoying ^c   Piao, Shilong ^a,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SUN; TROPICS;

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; RAINFALL INTERCEPTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; WATER BALANCE; WATER BALANCE METHOD; WORLDWIDE ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 84899000871     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020941     Document Type: Article

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