Satellite based analysis of northern ET trends and associated changes in the regional water balance from 1983 to 2005

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 379, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 92-110

  Zhang, Ke ^a,b   Kimball, John S ^a,b   Mu, Qiaozhen ^b   Jones, Lucas A ^a,b   Goetz, Scott J ^c   Running, Steven W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic tundra; Boreal forest; Evapotranspiration; Satellite; Surface conductance; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC TUNDRA; ASSOCIATED WATER; BOREAL FOREST; BOREAL FORESTS; COARSE-RESOLUTION MODEL; DIRECT LINKS; ENERGY CYCLE; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; IN-SITU; LAND COVER; LAND-COVER TYPES; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; MONGOLIA; NCEP/NCAR; PAN-ARCTIC; REANALYSIS; REGIONAL WATER BALANCE; RIVER DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE-BASED ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE CONDUCTANCE; TEMPORAL TRENDS; WARMING CLIMATE; WATER BALANCE; WATER CYCLE; WATER DEFICITS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; AVHRR; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON CYCLE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND COVER; MODIS; NDVI; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR RADIATION; TUNDRA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WARMING; WATER BUDGET;

ARCTIC REGIONS; DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; PLASTICS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SUN LIGHT; TRANSPIRATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350592171     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.09.047     Document Type: Article

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