Bimodality in a monostable climate-ecosystem: The role of climate variability and soil moisture memory

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1447-1455

  Liuz, Zhengyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; LONG MEMORIES; MODAL RESPONSE; MONOSTABLE; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; STOCHASTIC FORCING; STOCHASTIC NOISE; VEGETATION RESPONSE;

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTICITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 77953662310     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3183.1     Document Type: Article

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