On the spatiotemporal variability of soil moisture and evapotranspiration in a mountainous basin within the North American monsoon region

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Vivoni, Enrique R ^a   Rodríguez, Julio C ^b   Watts, Christopher J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SCALE; CLIMATE CONDITION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; DISTRIBUTED MODELS; HYDROLOGIC INTERACTIONS; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; IN-PHASE; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MOUNTAIN BASINS; MOUNTAINOUS BASINS; NORTH AMERICAN; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WATERSHED MODELS;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CATCHMENT; DATABASE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONSOON; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATION BALANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONALITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77249165030     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008240     Document Type: Article

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