Observed relation between evapotranspiration and soil moisture in the North American monsoon region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Vivoni, Enrique R ^a   Moreno, Hernan A ^a   Mascaro, Giuseppe ^a   Rodriguez, Julio C ^b   Watts, Christopher J ^b   Garatuza Payan, Jaime ^c,e   Scott, Russell L ^d  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^c Inst Tecnológico de Sonora   (Mexico)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

DATA SETS; EDDY COVARIANCES; INTER ANNUALS; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; NORTH AMERICANS; PLANT STRESS; RE-ANALYSIS; VEGETATION GREENINGS; WATER AVAILABILITIES;

VEGETATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MONSOON; PARAMETERIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 60149087588     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036001     Document Type: Article

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