Terrestrial water fluxes dominated by transpiration

Nature

Volumn 496, Issue 7445, 2013, Pages 347-350

  Jasechko, Scott ^a   Sharp, Zachary D ^a   Gibson, John J ^b,c   Birks, S Jean ^b,d   Yi, Yi ^b,c   Fawcett, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Vancouver Island Technology Park   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FRESH WATER; WATER;

DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MODEL; PLANT WATER USE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SIMULATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; LAKES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS; RAIN; RIVERS; UNCERTAINTY; VOLATILIZATION; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84876284482     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11983     Document Type: Article

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