Evidence for decadal variation in global terrestrial evapotranspiration between 1982 and 2002: 2. Results

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Wang, Kaicun ^a,b,c   Dickinson, Robert E ^b   Wild, Martin ^d   Liang, Shunlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SUN; UNDERWATER SOILS; VEGETATION;

ARID AREA; CLIMATE FACTORS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMINANT FACTOR; DRY REGION; EARTH'S SURFACE; GLOBAL ET; HUMID AREAS; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PENMAN-MONTEITH METHOD; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RELATIVE VALUE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; SOIL WATER; TERRESTRIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; WATER FLUX;

WATER SUPPLY;

ARID REGION; DECADAL VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NDVI; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOIL WATER; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 84893418152     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD013847     Document Type: Article

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