Improving the responses of the Australian community land surface model (CABLE) to seasonal drought

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Li, Longhui ^a   Wang, Ying Ping ^b   Yu, Qiang ^a   Pak, Bernard ^b   Eamus, Derek ^a   Yan, Junhua ^c   Van Gorsel, Eva ^b   Baker, Ian T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DROUGHT; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; LAND SURFACE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PARAMETERIZATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROOT SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER UPTAKE; WATER VAPOR;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84867768374     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JG002038     Document Type: Article

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