Spatial patterns of simulated transpiration response to climate variability in a snow dominated mountain ecosystem

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 3576-3588

  Christensen, Lindsey ^a   Tague, Christina L ^b   Baron, Jill S ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Hydrologic simulations; Merced River; RHESSys; Spatial modeling; Transpiration; Yosemite National Park

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION; UNDERWATER SOILS;

ANNUAL TRANSPIRATION; CALIFORNIA , USA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIABLES; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATIONS; MERCED RIVER; RHESSYS; SIMULATION SYSTEM; SOIL WATER STORAGE; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL MODELING; SPATIAL PATTERNING; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; TRANSPIRATION RATES; YOSEMITE; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; TRANSPIRATION; WATER STORAGE;

CALIFORNIA; MERCED RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 52149095501     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6961     Document Type: Article

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