Modelling of daily fluxes of water and carbon from shortgrass steppes

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 137-153

  Nouvellon, Y ^a   Rambal, S ^b   Lo Seen, D ^a   Moran, M S ^c   Lhomme, J P ^d   Begue A ^a   Chehbouni, A G ^e   Kerr, Y ^f  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d ORSTOM/CICTUS   (Mexico)

^e ORSTOM/IMADES   (Mexico)

^f CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Arid environment; SALSA program; Shortgrass ecosystem; Simulation model; Water and carbon fluxes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GRASSLAND SOIL; SEMIARID REGION; STEPPE; SURFACE FLUX; WATER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034607055     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00140-9     Document Type: Article

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