Process-based characterization of evapotranspiration sources over the North American monsoon region

Water Resources Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 358-384

  Bohn, Theodore J ^a   Vivoni, Enrique R ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

evapotranspiration partitioning; irrigated agriculture; large scale hydrology; Mexico; Variable Infiltration Capacity model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; EVAPORATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFILTRATION; RADIOMETERS; SOILS; TRANSPIRATION;

EDDY COVARIANCE TOWERS; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; LAND SURFACE PROPERTIES; ME-XICO; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITY MODELS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; INTERCEPTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND COVER; MODIS; MONSOON; MOUNTAIN REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84961285944     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR017934     Document Type: Article

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