Duration and frequency of water stress in vegetation: An analytical model

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2297-2307

  Ridolfi, L ^a,b   D'Odorico, P ^c   Porporato, A ^a,b   Rodriguez Iturbe, I ^b,d  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SOIL WATER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; WATER STRESS;

MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT;

CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES; EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS; SOIL WATER BALANCE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER DEFICIT; STOCHASTIC POINT PROCESS; TEMPORAL STRUCTURES; WATER DEFICITS;

SOILS;

EID: 0033861787     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR900104     Document Type: Article

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