A comparison of sap flux-based evapotranspiration estimates with catchment-scale water balance

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 176-185

  Ford, Chelcy R ^a   Hubbard, Robert M ^a   Kloeppel, Brian D ^b   Vose, James M ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Sap flux density; Sapwood area; Scaling; Transpiration; Validation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST COVER; LEAF AREA; SAP FLOW; STAND DYNAMICS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER BUDGET; WOOD;

COWEETA BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 34447650580     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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