A spatially explicit hydro-ecological modeling framework (BEPS-TerrainLab V2.0): Model description and test in a boreal ecosystem in Eastern North America

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 367, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 200-216

  Govind, Ajit ^a,b   Chen, Jing Ming ^a   Margolis, Hank ^c,d   Ju, Weimin ^e   Sonnentag, Oliver ^f   Giasson, Marc André ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d Centre d'etude de la foret Montreal   (Canada)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal ecosystems; Evapotranspiration; Gross primary productivity; Spatially explicit hydro ecological model; Sub surface baseflow

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BLACK SPRUCES; BOREAL ECOSYSTEMS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; FLUXNET; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; HYDRO-ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; MODEL DESCRIPTIONS; MODIFIED MODELS; NORTH AMERICANS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; REASONABLE ACCURACIES; RESEARCH NETWORKS; SOIL WATER CONTENTS; SOIL WATERS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT HYDRO-ECOLOGICAL MODEL; SUB-SURFACE BASEFLOW; TIGHTLY-COUPLED; UP-SCALING; WATER FLUXES; WATER STRESS; WATER-TABLE DEPTHS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL WATER; WATER STRESS; WATERSHED;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA MARIANA; WHITE TIP DIE-BACK PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 61749084635     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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