Response of evapotranspiration to changes in land use and land cover and climate in China during 2001–2013

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 596-597, Issue , 2017, Pages 256-265

  Li, Gen ^a,b   Zhang, Fangmin ^a,b   Jing, Yuanshu ^a,b   Liu, Yibo ^a,b   Sun, Ge ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Evapotranspiration; Land use and land cover change; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ECOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WIND;

CENTRAL AND EAST CHINAS; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; QUANTITATIVE SEPARATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MODIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WIND VELOCITY;

AFFORESTATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPLAND; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST; GRASSLAND; HUMIDITY; LAND USE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUNLIGHT; TREND STUDY; VEGETATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WIND; WIND SPEED;

CHINA;

EID: 85018465111     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.080     Document Type: Article

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