Temporal variations of reference evapotranspiration and its sensitivity to meteorological factors in Heihe River Basin, China

Water Science and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Zhao, Jie ^a   Xu, Zong Xue ^a   Zuo, De Peng ^a   Wang, Xu Ming ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Evaporation paradox; Heihe River Basin; Meteorological factor; Reference evapotranspiration

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METEOROLOGY; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WATERSHEDS; WIND;

EVAPORATION PARADOXES; HEIHE RIVER BASIN; MEAN ANNUAL AIR TEMPERATURES; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SENSITIVITY COEFFICIENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84927725301     PISSN: 16742370     EISSN: 24058106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wse.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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