Modeling hydrologic and ecologic responses using a new eco-hydrological model for identification of droughts

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 6214-6235

  Sawada, Yohei ^a   Koike, Toshio ^a   Jaranilla Sanchez, Patricia Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

drought analysis; eco hydrological model; vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTIVATION; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; DROUGHT ANALYSIS; ECO-HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION DEFICITS; SOIL-MOISTURE DEFICIENCY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

DROUGHT;

EID: 84905317875     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014847     Document Type: Article

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