A Benchmark Test for Ecohydrological Models of Interannual Variability of NDVI in Semi-arid Tropical Grasslands

Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-197

  Choler, Philippe ^a,b   Sea, William ^a   Leuning, Ray ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

C4 grasslands; ecohydrology; phenology; precipitation pulses; semi arid ecosystems

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BIOME; C4 PLANT; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASSLAND; NDVI; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; TIME SERIES; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79952446861     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9403-9     Document Type: Article

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