Evapotranspiration (ET) and regulating mechanisms in two semiarid Artemisia-dominated shrub steppes at opposite sides of the globe

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1461-1470

  Wilske, B ^a   Kwon, Hyojung ^b   Wei, Long ^c   Chen, Shiping ^c   Lu, Nan ^a   Lin, Guanghui ^c   Xie, Jing ^a,d   Guan, Wenbin ^d   Pendall, Elise ^b   Ewers, Brent E ^b   Chen, Jiquan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dryland; ET; Penman Monteith model; Soil water potential; Vapor pressure deficit; Water vapor fluxes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; STEPPE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER VAPOR; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; KUBUQI DESERT; NEI MONGGOL; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SIERRA MADRE [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA;

EID: 77956225031     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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