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Research Article

Quantifying spatio-temporal variations of evapotranspiration over a heterogeneous terrain in the Arid regions of Northwestern China.

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Pages 3231-3254 | Received 12 Jan 2020, Accepted 21 Nov 2020, Published online: 07 Feb 2021

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