Coupled dynamics of photosynthesis, transpiration, and soil water balance. Part I: Upscaling from hourly to daily level

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 546-558

  Daly, Edoardo ^a,b   Porporato, Amilcare ^c   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION;

EID: 3242795040     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2004)005<0546:CDOPTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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