What controls evapotranspiration in the Amazon basin?

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 380-395

  Hasler, Natalia ^a   Avissar, Roni ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL CYCLE; WATER STRESS;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34447627524     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM587.1     Document Type: Article

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