Water balance of the Amazon Basin: Dependence on vegetation cover and canopy conductance

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 23973-23989

  Costa, Marcos Heil ^a,b   Foley, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY CONDUCTANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE INCREASE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; VEGETATION COVER; WATER BALANCE;

SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 0007401814     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd01865     Document Type: Article

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