The variability of ASCE Standardized reference evapotranspiration: A rigorous, CONUS-wide decomposition and attribution

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 561-576

  Hobbins, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Reference evapotranspiration; Uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND;

ATTRIBUTION; HYDRO CLIMATOLOGIES; NORTH AMERICAN LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; UNCERTAINTY; VARIABILITY;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DECOMPOSITION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD (REFERENCE); TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84964734703     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.59.10975     Document Type: Article

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