On the observed ecohydrologic dynamics of a semiarid basin with aspect-delimited ecosystems

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 8263-8284

  Gutiérrez Jurado, Hugo A ^a,b   Vivoni, Enrique R ^c   Cikoski, Colin ^b   Harrison, Bruce J ^b   Bras, Rafael L ^d   Istanbulluoglu, Erkan ^e  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; DIFFERENTIAL ENERGY; HYDROLOGIC PROPERTIES; LANDSCAPE CHANGES; PRECIPITATION THRESHOLD; SEMIARID CATCHMENTS; WATER AND ENERGIES;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPLEX NETWORKS; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

DYNAMICS;

CATCHMENT; CHAPARRAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SAVANNA; SEMIARID REGION; SENSOR; SHRUBLAND; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS MONOSPERMA; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS;

EID: 84896705849     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014364     Document Type: Article

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