VIC+ for water-limited conditions: A study of biological and hydrological processes and their interactions in soil-plant-atmosphere continuum

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 7711-7732

  Luo, Xiangyu ^a   Liang, Xu ^a   McCarthy, Heather R ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

groundwater; hydraulic redistribution; land surface model; photosynthesis; plant water storage; water limited condition

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LAND SURFACE MODELING; PENMAN-MONTEITH METHOD; PLANT WATER; SCENARIO SIMULATIONS; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITIES; WATER-LIMITED CONDITION;

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; DROUGHT; FROZEN SOILS; GROUNDWATER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON BUDGET; FROZEN GROUND; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INFILTRATION; LAND SURFACE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHREATIC ZONE; SOIL WATER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; VADOSE ZONE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STORAGE; WATER TABLE;

EID: 84890953879     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2012WR012851     Document Type: Article

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