Water balance of a tropical woodland ecosystem, Northern Australia: A combination of micro-meteorological, soil physical and groundwater chemical approaches

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 210, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 161-177

  Cook, P G ^a   Hatton, T J ^a   Pidsley, D ^b   Herczeg, A L ^a   Held, A ^a   O'Grady, A ^c   Eamus, D ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Water Resources Branch   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Ground water; Hydrology; Recharge; Tropical environment; Water balance

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUID BALANCE; GROUND WATER; HEAT PULSE; SAVANNA; SOIL DEGRADATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; RAIN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RUNOFF; SOILS; TROPICS;

NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; TROPICAL WOODLAND ECOSYSTEM; WATER BALANCE;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032170674     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00181-4     Document Type: Article

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