Impact of the representation of stomatal conductance on model projections of heatwave intensity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Kala, Jatin ^a,c   De Kauwe, Martin G ^b   Pitman, Andy J ^c   Medlyn, Belinda E ^d   Wang, Ying Ping ^e   Lorenz, Ruth ^c   Perkins Kirkpatrick, Sarah E ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 84961753640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep23418     Document Type: Article

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