Role of dewfall in the water balance of a semiarid coastal steppe ecosystem

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2271-2280

  Ucles O ^a   Villagarcia L ^b   Moro, M J ^c   Canton, Y ^d   Domingo, F ^a,d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dewfall; Semiarid; Stipa tenacissima; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL WATER BALANCE; ARID AND SEMI-ARID AREAS; DEWFALL; DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE; SEMIARID; SOIL SURFACE TEMPERATURES; STIPA TENACISSIMA; WATER BALANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONDENSATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COASTAL ZONE; CONDENSATION; DEW; DEW POINT; EVAPORATION; SEMIARID REGION; STEPPE; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; WATER BUDGET;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 84892435632     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9780     Document Type: Article

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