Surface fluxes and water balance of spatially varying vegetation within a small mountainous headwater catchment

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 965-978

  Flerchinger, G N ^a   Marks, D ^a   Reba, M L ^a   Yu, Q ^b   Seyfried, M S ^a  

^a NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; CATCHMENT; DICOTYLEDON; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY FLUX; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; HEADWATER; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE FLUX; VEGETATION COVER; WATER BUDGET;

ARTEMESIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; POACEAE; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 77953821499     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-965-2010     Document Type: Article

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