Climate change and urban grass land soil moisture conditions in south-western Ontario, Canada

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-119

  Nishat, S ^a   Guo, Y ^a   Baetz, B W ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous simulation; Evapotranspiration; Frequency distributions; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASSLAND SOIL; GROWING SEASON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOIL MOISTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 57749115844     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.200800129     Document Type: Article

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