On stochastic modelling of groundwater uptake in semi-arid water-limited systems: Root density and seasonality effects

Ecohydrology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 580-595

  Vervoort, R W ^a   van der Zee, S E A T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capillary upflow; Osmotic stress; Poisson process; Root zone; Vegetation root strategies

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; ANALYSIS APPROACH; BOX MODELS; CAPILLARY UPFLOW; DEEP ROOTS; FEEDBACK MODEL; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; LOSS FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OSMOTIC STRESS; PIECEWISE LINEAR; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POISSON PROCESS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; ROOT DENSITY; ROOT ZONE; SEASONALITY; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID REGION; SOIL SATURATION; WATER LOSS;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE MODELS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FEEDBACK; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LEACHING; OSMOSIS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; DROUGHT; ECOHYDROLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOSPHERE; SALINIZATION; SATURATION; SEMIARID REGION; STOCHASTICITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84867404460     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1288     Document Type: Article

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