Spatial and decadal variations in potential evapotranspiration of China based on reanalysis datasets during 1982-2010

Atmosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 737-754

  Yao, Yunjun ^a   Zhao, Shaohua ^b   Zhang, Yuhu ^c   Jia, Kun ^a   Liu, Meng ^a,d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Incident solar radiation; Pan evaporation; Potential evapotranspiration; Vapor pressure deficit; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WIND;

CHINA; PAN EVAPORATION; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT; WIND SPEED;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VAPOR PRESSURE; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84910657763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos5040737     Document Type: Article

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