Comparative hydrology across AmeriFlux sites: The variable roles of climate, vegetation, and groundwater

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Thompson, S E ^a   Harman, C J ^b   Konings, A G ^a   Sivapalan, M ^b,c,d   Neal, A ^e   Troch, P A ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERIFLUX; CLIMATIC FACTORS; DEEP SOIL MOISTURE; MULTIPLE TIME SCALE; NULL MODEL; OUTPUT SIGNAL; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATIONS; PHYSICAL CONTROL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SITE TO SITES; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL MOISTURE MODEL; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPACE-TIME FILTERS; WATER AND ENERGIES;

DEPRECIATION; ECOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BIOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY FLUX; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FILTER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; HYDROSPHERE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATERSHED;

EID: 79960663426     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009797     Document Type: Article

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