Spatiotemporal patterns of evapotranspiration in response to multiple environmental factors simulated by the Community Land Model

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Shi, Xiaoying ^a   Mao, Jiafu ^a   Thornton, Peter E ^a   Huang, Maoyi ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community Land Model (CLM); evapotranspiration (ET); model tree ensembles (MTE)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND USE; NITROGEN; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; WATER SUPPLY;

AEROSOL DEPOSITION; COMMUNITY LAND MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MODEL TREES; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84880879242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024012     Document Type: Article

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