Plant water-stress parameterization determines the strength of land-atmosphere coupling

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 217, Issue , 2016, Pages 61-73

  Combe, Marie ^a   de Arellano, Jordi Vilà Guerau ^a   Ouwersloot, Huug G ^b   Peters, Wouter ^a,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; CO2; Drought; Heat wave; Land atmosphere interactions; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER STRESS; WILTING;

EID: 84949035155     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.11.006     Document Type: Article

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