Sensitivity of a data-driven soil water balance model to estimate summer evapotranspiration along a forest chronosequence

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3461-3473

  Brena Naranjo J A ^a   Weiler, M ^a   Stahl, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CAMPBELL; CANOPY INTERCEPTION; CAPACITY VALUE; CHRONOSEQUENCES; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; DATA-DRIVEN; EDDY COVARIANCE; EDDY COVARIANCE MEASUREMENTS; ENERGY IMBALANCES; FLUXNET; FOREST COVER; FOREST SUCCESSION; LONG TERM DYNAMICS; LONG-TERM PERIOD; MODEL ESTIMATES; OPTIMAL COMBINATION; ROOTING DEPTHS; SOIL WATER BALANCE MODEL; STAND AGE; TIME STEP; WATER BALANCE; WATER BALANCE COMPONENTS; WATER FLUX;

CLIMATE MODELS; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; DATA SET; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTERCEPTION; MODEL VALIDATION; SAP FLOW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER; SUCCESSION; SUMMER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER FLOW;

ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; PERCEPTION; SOIL; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CAMPBELL RIVER; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 81455132910     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-3461-2011     Document Type: Article

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