Vegetation-hydrology dynamics in complex terrain of semiarid areas: 1. A mechanistic approach to modeling dynamic feedbacks

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Ivanov, Valeriy Y ^a,b,c   Bras, Rafael L ^a   Vivoni, Enrique R ^d  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; VEGETATION;

ECOHYDROLOGICAL MODEL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

HYDROLOGY;

ARID REGIONS; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; VEGETATION;

ECOHYDROLOGY; ENERGY FLUX; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; SOLAR RADIATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049088813     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005588     Document Type: Article

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