Ecohydrology and Climate Change

Hydroecology and Ecohydrology: Past, Present and Future

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 113-128

  Gordon, Wendy S ^a   Huxman, Travis E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Available water, evaporative demand, and compensatory growth responses; Dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs); First generation land surface modeling schemes; Hydrologic and energy cycles; Land atmosphere boundary; Land based water cycle; Ocean atmosphere dynamics and vegetation; Soil plant atmosphere coupling; Streamflow patterns; Vegetation Ecosystem Modeling and Assessment Program (VEMAP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889445586     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470010198.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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