Empirical validation of the InVEST water yield ecosystem service model at a national scale

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 569-570, Issue , 2016, Pages 1418-1426

  Redhead, J W ^a   Stratford, C ^a   Sharps, K ^a   Jones, L ^a   Ziv, G ^b   Clarke, D ^c   Oliver, T H ^a,d   Bullock, J M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Land cover; Mapping; Rainfall; River flow; UK

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; MAPPING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW;

ANNUAL WATER YIELDS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAND COVER; MODEL PERFORMANCE; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RIVER FLOW;

ECOSYSTEMS;

RAIN;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND COVER; MAPPING; RAINFALL; RIVER FLOW; WATER YIELD;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOLOGY; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER FLOW; WATER YIELD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84989822575     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.227     Document Type: Article

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