Sensitivity of the reference evapotranspiration to key climatic variables during the growing season in the Ejina oasis northwest China

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hou, Lan gong ^a   Zou, Song bing ^b   Xiao, Hong lang ^b   Yang, Yong gang ^b  

^a CHUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

China; Ejina oasis; FAO Penman Monteith model; Reference evapotranspiration; Sensitivity coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933035710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-S1-S4     Document Type: Article

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