Effects of paleoclimate and time-varying canopy structures on paleowater fluxes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Yin, Jun ^a,b   Young, Michael H ^b   Yu, Zhongbo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); VEGETATION;

CANOPY; CHLORIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; VEGETATION;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; POACEAE;

EID: 49349107082     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009010     Document Type: Article

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