Water and carbon fluxes of European ecosystems: An evaluation of the ecohydrological model RHESSys

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 3328-3339

  Zierl, Bärbel ^a   Bugmann, Harald ^a   Tague, Christina L ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon exchange; European Alps; Evapotranspiration; Forest ecosystem; Global change; Water flow; Watershed

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; STREAM FLOW;

CARBON CYCLE; ECOHYDROLOGICAL MODEL; GLOBAL CHANGE;

HYDROLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; STREAM FLOW;

CARBON FLUX; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; MODELING; WATER FLOW; WATERSHED;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 37249034657     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6540     Document Type: Article

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