Multiyear riparian evapotranspiration and groundwater use for a semiarid watershed

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1232-1246

  Scott, R L ^a   Cable, W L ^a   Huxman, T E ^b   Nagler, P L ^c   Hernandez, M ^a   Goodrich, D C ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Evapotranspiration; MODIS; Remote sensing; Riparian water use

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; MODIS; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; VEGETATION INDEX; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE; WATERSHED;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN PEDRO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43849106353     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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