Observed shifts in land surface conditions during the North American Monsoon: Implications for a vegetation-rainfall feedback mechanism

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 549-555

  Méndez Barroso, Luis A ^a   Vivoni, Enrique R ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; North American Monsoon; Remote sensing; Semiarid ecosystems; Sonoran desert; Spatiotemporal variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; ECOHYDROLOGY; EDDY COVARIANCE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

SONORAN DESERT;

EID: 76849086907     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.09.026     Document Type: Article

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