Partitioning evapotranspiration using an eddy covariance-based technique: Improved assessment of soil moisture and land-atmosphere exchange dynamics

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Scanlon, Todd M ^a   Kustas, William P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY CONDUCTANCE; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); DIRECT-EVAPORATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; EDDY COVARIANCE MEASUREMENTS; EXCHANGE DYNAMICS; FLUX SYSTEMS; GROWING SEASON; HIGH FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; KEY VARIABLES; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE MODELS; PARTITIONING TECHNIQUES; RAINFALL EVENT; SIMILARITY THEORY; SOIL LAYER; SOIL MOISTURE PROFILES; TWO-COMPONENT; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DYNAMICS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON DIOXIDE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INSTRUMENTATION; MAIZE; RAINFALL; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER VAPOR;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84869474005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2012.0025     Document Type: Article

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