Evaluation of reference evapotranspiration methods for the northeastern region of India

International Soil and Water Conservation Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 52-63

  Pandey, Pankaj K ^a   Dabral, Parmendra P ^a   Pandey, Vanita ^b  

^a NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Calibration and validation; Empirical methods; India; North East; Performance statistics; Reference evapotranspiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020298889     PISSN: 20956339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iswcr.2016.02.003     Document Type: Article

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