Regional terrestrial water storage change and evapotranspiration from terrestrial and atmospheric water balance computations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Yeh, Pat J F ^a   Famiglietti, J S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STREAM FLOW; WATER VAPOR;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CORRELATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46449083752     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009045     Document Type: Article

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