A modeling approach reveals differences in evapotranspiration and its partitioning in two semiarid ecosystems in Northwest Mexico

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3229-3252

  Méndez Barroso, Luis A ^a   Vivoni, Enrique R ^a,b   Robles Morua, Agustin ^a,c   Mascaro, Giuseppe ^b   Yépez, Enrico A ^c   Rodríguez, Julio C ^d   Watts, Christopher J ^d   Garatuza Payán, Jaime ^c   Saíz Hernández, Juan A ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ecohydrology; North American monsoon; remote sensing; semiarid forests; soil moisture; vegetation greening

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPORATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

DYNAMIC REPRESENTATION; ECO-HYDROLOGY; NORTH AMERICAN; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; SEMIARID FORESTS; VEGETATION GREENING; VEGETATION PARAMETERS; WATER USE STRATEGIES;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

ECOHYDROLOGY; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SCRUB; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODLAND;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84899042624     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014838     Document Type: Article

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