Contrasting response of European forest and grassland energy exchange to heatwaves

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 722-727

  Teuling, Adriaan J ^a,b   Seneviratne, Sonia I ^a   Stöckli, Reto ^c   Reichstein, Markus ^d   Moors, Eddy ^b   Ciais, Philippe ^e   Luyssaert, Sebastiaan ^e   Van Den Hurk, Bart ^f   Ammann, Christof ^g   Bernhofer, Christian ^h   Dellwik, Ebba ⁱ   Gianelle, Damiano ^j   Gielen, Bert ^k   Grünwald, Thomas ^h   Klumpp, Katja ^l   Montagnani, Leonardo ^m,n   Moureaux, Christine ^o   Sottocornola, Matteo ^j   Wohlfahrt, Georg ^p  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^g AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^h DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^j RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^l French National Institute of Agricultural Research   (France)

^m Forest Services and Agency for the Environment   (Italy)

ⁿ FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^p UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENERGY FLOW; EVAPORATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; HEATING; LAND COVER; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

EUROPE;

EID: 77957556457     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo950     Document Type: Article

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