SWAT plant growth modification for improved modeling of perennial vegetation in the tropics

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 269, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-112

  Strauch, Michael ^a,b   Volk, Martin ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Evapotranspiration; Leaf area index; MODIS; SWAT; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SWAT; TROPICAL VEGETATION; WET AND DRY SEASONS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

TROPICS;

BIOME; DORMANCY; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SIMULATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION; WATERSHED;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84884916351     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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