Towards a spatial understanding of water use of several land-cover classes: An examination of relationships amongst pre-dawn leaf water potential, vegetation water use, aridity and MODIS LAI

Ecohydrology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Palmer, Anthony R ^a   Fuentes, Sigfredo ^a,b   Taylor, Daniel ^a   Macinnis Ng, Cate ^a   Zeppel, Melanie ^a   Yunusa, Isa ^a   Eamus, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment; Evaporation; Evapotranspiration; Forest; Leaf area index; Savanna; Woodland

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY INDEX; AUSTRALIA; CONTINENTAL SCALE; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FOREST; LAND COVER; LEAF AREA INDEX; LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; MODIS LAI; OPERATIONAL USE; PAN EVAPORATION; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; PLANT WATER; SHRUBLANDS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; THREE MODELS; WATER USE;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CATCHMENTS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; RADIOMETERS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

WATER SUPPLY;

ARIDITY; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND COVER; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; SAVANNA; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE; WOODLAND;

ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRALIA; BOD; EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LAND; MOISTURE; PLANTS; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY; WOOD;

EID: 77954664174     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.63     Document Type: Article

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