Interannual variation of evapotranspiration from forest and grassland ecosystems in western canada in relation to drought

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1476-1484

  Zha, Tianshan ^a   Barr, Alan G ^a   van der Kamp, Garth ^a   Black, T Andy ^b   McCaughey, J Harry ^c   Flanagan, Lawrence B ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Drought; Evapotranspiration; Grassland; Interannual variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOZONE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MOISTURE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRAIRIE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CANADA;

PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 77956714173     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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