Seasonal and interannual relations between precipitation, surface soil moisture and vegetation dynamics in the North American monsoon region

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 377, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 59-70

  Méndez Barroso, Luis A ^a   Vivoni, Enrique R ^a,b,c   Watts, Christopher J ^b   Rodríguez, Julio C ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; North American monsoon; Remote sensing; Semiarid ecosystems; Spatiotemporal variability; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; HYDROLOGIC VARIATION; INTERANNUAL; LAND SURFACE CONDITIONS; ME-XICO; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH AMERICAN MONSOON; PLANT CAPACITIES; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT WATER; REGIONAL NETWORKS; SAN MIGUEL; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SEMI-ARID REGION; SEMIARID ECOSYSTEMS; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL PERSISTENCE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION GREENNESS; VEGETATION RESPONSE;

ARID REGIONS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; ECOHYDROLOGY; MONSOON; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION INDEX; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WATERSHED;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349282147     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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