Potential evapotranspiration change and its attribution in the Qinling Mountains and surrounding area, China, during 1960-2012

Journal of Water and Climate Change

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 526-541

  Jiang, Chong ^a,b,c   Nie, Zhen ^b,c   Mu, Xingmin ^a,d   Wang, Fei ^a,d   Liu, Wenfeng ^e  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^e SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attribution; FAO penman monteith equation; Northern and southern regions of qinling mountains; Potential evapotranspiration; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND;

ATTRIBUTION; FAO PENMAN MONTEITHS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; QINLING MOUNTAINS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84989241798     PISSN: 20402244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2016.110     Document Type: Article

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