On the sensitivity of soil-vegetation-atmosphere transfer (SVAT) schemes: Equifinality and the problem of robust calibration

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 63-75

  Franks, S W ^a   Beven, K J ^a   Quinn, P F ^b   Wright, I R ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equifinality; Evapotranspiration; Soil vegetation atmosphere transfer schemes

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOIL/VEGETATION/ATMOSPHERE; SVAT;

EID: 0030791694     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(96)02421-5     Document Type: Article

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