Water flux estimates from a Belgian Scots pine stand: A comparison of different approaches

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 270, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 230-252

  Meiresonne, L ^a   Sampson, D A ^b,d   Kowalski, A S ^b   Janssens, I A ^b   Nadezhdina, N ^c   Cermak J ^c   Van Slycken, J ^a   Ceulemans, R ^b  

^a Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Evapotranspiration; Modelling; Sap flow; Scots pine; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; RAIN; WATER;

CANOPY INTERCEPTION;

HYDROLOGY;

EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MODELING; SAP FLOW; TRANSPIRATION;

BELGIUM;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0346195647     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00284-6     Document Type: Article

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