Sensitivity of greenhouse summer dryness to changes in plant rooting characteristics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-271

  Milly, P C D ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELS; DEFORESTATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE FERTILIZATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROCLIMATIC CHANGE; SUMMER DRYNESS;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATIC CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; PLANT ROOT; ROOTING DEPTH; SOIL WATER; SUMMER DRYNESS;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; AVAILABLE SOIL WATERS; AVAILABLE WATER; GREENHOUSE WARMING; HYDROCLIMATIC; PLANT COMMUNITIES; ROOTING DEPTHS; WATER BALANCE;

EID: 0031064179     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03968     Document Type: Article

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