A Comparison of Moisture Scalars and Water Budget Methods to Assess Vegetation-Site Relationships

Physical Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 245-258

  Dyer, James M ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beech; IMI; TRMI; Water budget

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MAPPING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE; WATER BUDGET;

UNITED STATES;

FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 0142027690     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.23.3.245     Document Type: Article

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