Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I The dryland environment
- Part II The meteorological background
- 4 The general atmospheric circulation
- 5 The global distribution of arid climates and rainfall
- 6 Radiation, heat, and surface exchange processes
- 7 Water balance
- 8 Evaporation
- Part III The climatic environment of drylands
- Part IV The earth’s drylands
- Part V Life and change in the dryland regions
- Index
- References
7 - Water balance
from Part II - The meteorological background
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2011
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I The dryland environment
- Part II The meteorological background
- 4 The general atmospheric circulation
- 5 The global distribution of arid climates and rainfall
- 6 Radiation, heat, and surface exchange processes
- 7 Water balance
- 8 Evaporation
- Part III The climatic environment of drylands
- Part IV The earth’s drylands
- Part V Life and change in the dryland regions
- Index
- References
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- Dryland Climatology , pp. 115 - 126Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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