Comparison of hourly and daily reference crop evapotranspiration equations across seasons and climate zones in Australia

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-96

  Perera, Kushan C ^a   Western, Andrew W ^a   Nawarathna, Bandara ^b   George, Biju ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

ASCE PM; Daily ET0; ET0; FAO 56; Hourly ET0; Reference evapotranspiration

Indexed keywords

DAILY ET0; ET0; FAO-56; HOURLY ET0; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

ARID REGION; CLEAR SKY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84908349058     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2014.09.016     Document Type: Article

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