Estimation of evaporation over the upper Blue Nile basin by combining observations from satellites and river flow gauges

Water Resources Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 644-659

  Allam, Mariam M ^a   Jain Figueroa, Anjuli ^a   McLaughlin, Dennis B ^a   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

evapotranspiration; hydrological data assimilation; hydrology; upper Blue Nile

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL STORAGE; EVAPORATION; FLOW OF WATER; GAGES; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; RIVERS; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; ANNUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATIONS; BLUE NILE; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; REGIONAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRESTRIAL WATER STORAGE; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GAUGE; HYDROLOGY; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE;

BLUE NILE [NILE RIVER]; ETHIOPIA; NILE RIVER;

EID: 84961654712     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR017251     Document Type: Article

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