Assessing the impact of interannual variability of precipitation and potential evaporation on evapotranspiration

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Li, Dan ^a,b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Budyko; Evapotranspiration; Interannual variability; Potential evaporation; Precipitation; Stochastic soil moisture model

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ANNUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATIONS; BUDYKO; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION VALUES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAND SURFACE HYDROLOGY; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; SOIL MOISTURE MODEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; POWER LAW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 84900019749     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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