Effects of fine-scale soil moisture and canopy heterogeneity on energy and water fluxes in a northern temperate mixed forest

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 184, Issue , 2014, Pages 243-256

  He, Lingli ^a   Ivanov, Valeriy Y ^a   Bohrer, Gil ^b   Maurer, Kyle D ^b   Vogel, Christoph S ^a   Moghaddam, Mahta ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c University of Michigan Biological Station University of Michigan ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

AmeriFlux; Canopy; Ecohydrology; Energy fluxes; Heterogeneous forest; Soil moisture; Transpiration; Water stress

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANOPY; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENERGY FLUX; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HETEROGENEITY; LAND SURFACE; MIXED FOREST; RESOLUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TRANSPIRATION; WATER STRESS;

EID: 84887399444     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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