Effects of land cover change on the energy and water balance of the Mississippi River basin

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 640-655

  Twine, Tracy E ^a   Kucharik, Christopher J ^b   Foley, Jonathan A ^a  

^a Nelson Inst for Environ Studs   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; RUNOFF; WATER BUDGET;

MISSISSIPPI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444382442     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2004)005<0640:EOLCCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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