Modeling the ecohydrological role of aspect-controlled radiation on tree-grass-shrub coexistence in a semiarid climate

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2872-2895

  Zhou, Xiaochi ^a,b   Istanbulluoglu, Erkan ^a   Vivoni, Enrique R ^c,d  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

cellular automata; ecohydrology; solar radiation; topography

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; RAIN; ROBOTS; SEED; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOLAR RADIATION; STORMS; TOPOGRAPHY;

DAILY SOLAR RADIATIONS; ECO-HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PLANT DISTRIBUTIONS; POISSON RECTANGULAR PULSE; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; VEGETATION COMPOSITION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BARE SOIL; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASS; MORTALITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; RAIN; SEEDS; SIMULATION; SOIL; SUN LIGHT; WATER SUPPLY;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879934774     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20259     Document Type: Article

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