The future of evapotranspiration: Global requirements for ecosystem functioning, carbon and climate feedbacks, agricultural management, and water resources

Water Resources Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 2618-2626

  Fisher, Joshua B ^a   Melton, Forrest ^b   Middleton, Elizabeth ^c   Hain, Christopher ^d,e   Anderson, Martha ^f   Allen, Richard ^g   McCabe, Matthew F ^h   Hook, Simon ^a   Baldocchi, Dennis ⁱ   Townsend, Philip A ^j   Kilic, Ayse ^k   Tu, Kevin ^l   Miralles, Diego D ^m   Perret, Johan ⁿ   Lagouarde, Jean Pierre ^o   Waliser, Duane ^a   Purdy, Adam J ^a   French, Andrew ^f   Schimel, David ^a   Famiglietti, James S ^a   Stephens, Graeme ^a   Wood, Eric F ^p   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^f U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^h KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^l DUPONT PIONEER   (United States)

^m GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

ⁿ EARTH University   (Costa Rica)

^o BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^p PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

agriculture; climate; ecosystem; evapotranspiration; global; satellite; water resources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SATELLITES;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; GLOBAL; MONITORING CAPABILITIES; TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 85017522729     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016WR020175     Document Type: Note

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