Developing an empirical model of canopy water flux describing the common response of transpiration to solar radiation and VPD across five contrasting woodlands and forests

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1133-1146

  Whitley, Rhys ^a   Taylor, Daniel ^a   Macinnis Ng, Catriona ^b   Zeppel, Melanie ^c   Yunusa, Isa ^d   O'Grady, Anthony ^e   Froend, Ray ^f   Medlyn, Belinda ^c   Eamus, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional convergence; Jarvis Stewart model; Transpiration; Tree water use

Indexed keywords

CANOPY TRANSPIRATIONS; CLOSE APPROXIMATION; FUNCTIONAL CONVERGENCE; NOCTURNAL TRANSPIRATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; VAPOUR PRESSURE DEFICITS; WATER USE; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

BENCHMARKING; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); ECOSYSTEMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NEURAL NETWORKS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TRANSPIRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CANOPY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MODELING; MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; TRANSPIRATION; TREE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER USE; WOODLAND;

EID: 84875645386     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9280     Document Type: Article

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