Ecohydrologic controls on vegetation density and evapotranspiration partitioning across the climatic gradients of the central United States

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2121-2139

  Kochendorfer, J P ^a   Ramirez J A ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANOPY INTERCEPTION; CANOPY MODEL; ECO-HYDROLOGY; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; GRASSLAND PRODUCTIVITY; GROWING SEASON; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODEL RESULTS; MODELING STUDIES; OPTIMALITY; PLANT WATER; SEASONALITY; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL WATER; TWO-COMPONENT; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS; VEGETATION DENSITY; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER STRESS;

CLIMATE MODELS; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CANOPY EXCHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOHYDROLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SEASONALITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER USE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049504124     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-2121-2010     Document Type: Article

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