Evapotranspiration and its main controlling mechanism over the desert riparian forests in the lower Tarim River Basin

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1032-1042

  Yuan, GuoFu ^a   Luo, Yi ^a   Shao, MingAn ^a   Zhang, Pei ^a,b   Zhu, XuChao ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

desert riparian forests; evapotranspiration; lower reaches of the Tarim River; Populus euphratica; Tamarix spp; water cycling

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

LOWER REACHES OF THE TARIM RIVERS; POPULUS EUPHRATICA; RIPARIAN FORESTS; TAMARIX SPP; WATER CYCLING;

WATER RESOURCES;

DECIDUOUS TREE; DESERT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; RIPARIAN FOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER TABLE;

CHINA; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

POPULUS; POPULUS EUPHRATICA; TAMARIX;

EID: 84929840415     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: 18691897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-014-5045-7     Document Type: Article

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