Historical land-use-induced evapotranspiration changes estimated from present-day observations and reconstructed land-cover maps

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3571-3590

  Boisier, J P ^a   De Noblet Ducoudre N ^a   Ciais, P ^a  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER;

BENCHMARKING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; PARAMETERIZATION; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84907048180     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-3571-2014     Document Type: Article

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