Trends in water balance components across the Brazilian Cerrado

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 7100-7114

  Oliveira, Paulo Tarso S ^a,b   Nearing, Mark A ^b   Moran, M Susan ^b   Goodrich, David C ^b   Wendland, Edson ^a   Gupta, Hoshin V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

And in observed discharge; Trends were assessed from remote sensing data; Uncertainties were computed from in situ data; Water budget for the Brazilian Cerrado was evaluated

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DIGITAL STORAGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND USE; RAIN GAGES; STATISTICAL TESTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; DEFORESTATION; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF;

ANNUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATIONS; BRAZILIAN CERRADO; IN-SITU DATA; NORTHEAST REGIONS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; TERRESTRIAL WATER STORAGE; WATER BALANCE COMPONENTS; MANN-KENDALL TEST; SAVANNA;

REMOTE SENSING;

CERRADO; DATA SET; LAND USE CHANGE; RAINFALL; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; TREND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; DEFORESTATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRACE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SAVANNA; TRMM;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84915821353     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR015202     Document Type: Article

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