Terrestrial vegetation and water balance - Hydrological evaluation of a dynamic global vegetation model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 286, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 249-270

  Gerten, Dieter ^a   Schaphoff, Sibyll ^a   Haberlandt, Uwe ^b   Lucht, Wolfgang ^a   Sitch, Stephen ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

CO 2 effect; Global hydrology; Macro scale models; Runoff; Transpiration; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FEEDBACK; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEGETATION;

BIOSPHERE; WATER BALANCE;

HYDROLOGY;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUNOFF; VEGETATION;

EID: 1142265863     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2003.09.029     Document Type: Article

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