Spatial and temporal variations in ecosystem response to monsoon precipitation variability in southwestern North America

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1999-2017

  Forzieri, Giovanni ^a   Feyen, Luc ^a   Cescatti, Alessandro ^a   Vivoni, Enrique R ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; MONSOON; NONLINEARITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION INDEX; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84924943355     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002710     Document Type: Article

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