Research Article

Comparison of Two Approaches for Estimating Precipitation Elasticity of Streamflow in China’s Main River Basins

Table 1

Surface coefficients used to convert pan evapotranspiration into potential evapotranspiration in the six investigated main basins in China.

BasinCoefficientReference

Yangtze0.69Wang et al., 2007 [20]
Pearl0.65Liu et al., 2012 [21]
Yellow0.53Liu et al., 2004 [22]
Songliao0.62Liu et al., 2004 [22]
Huai0.55Liu et al., 2004 [22]
Inland (Hei and Aksu)0.64Liu et al., 2004 [22]