Impact of the hydraulic capacity of plants on water and carbon fluxes in tropical South America

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Lee, Jung Eun ^a   Boyce, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULICS; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSPIRATION; TROPICS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER VAPOR;

AMAZON BASIN; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; CARBON FLUXES; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; FLOWERING PLANTS; HYDRAULIC CAPACITY; INTERCELLULAR AIR SPACES; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LOWER VAPOR PRESSURE; MOISTURE CONTENTS; SOUTH AMERICA; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; TRANSPIRATION RATES; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WET SEASON;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE MODELING; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFOREST; TRANSPIRATION; WATER FLOW; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AMAZON BASIN;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 78650256581     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014568     Document Type: Article

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