Modelling evapotranspiration in a Central Asian desert ecosystem

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 20-22, 2011, Pages 3680-3691

  Li, L ^a   Luo, G ^a   Chen, X ^a   Li, Y ^a,b   Xu, G ^a,b   Xu, H ^a,b   Bai, J ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Desert shrubs; Evapotranspiration; Maximum carboxylation rate; Priestley Taylor model; Shuttleworth Wallace model

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ASIA; COUPLED MODELS; DESERT ECOSYSTEM; DESERT SHRUBS; DIURNAL DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; GROWING SEASON; HALOXYLON AMMODENDRON; LAND AREAS; MAXIMUM CARBOXYLATION RATE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PARAMETERS; PHYSICALLY BASED; PRIESTLEY-TAYLOR; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SHUTTLEWORTH-WALLACE MODEL; SOIL-MOISTURE EFFECTS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CARBOXYLATION; ESTIMATION; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESEARCH; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOME; DESERT; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONALITY; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CENTRAL ASIA;

HALOXYLON AMMODENDRON; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 80054112957     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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