Evapotranspiration of urban landscapes in Los Angeles, California at the municipal scale

Water Resources Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 4236-4252

  Litvak, E ^a   Manago, K F ^b   Hogue, T S ^b   Pataki, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

canopy cover; irrigated lawns; LSM; MHI; NLDAS; urban forest

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BUDGET CONTROL; FORESTRY; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

BIOSPHERE-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; CANOPY COVER; FRACTIONAL VEGETATION COVER; IRRIGATED LAWNS; NLDAS; NORTH AMERICAN LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; TWO COMPONENT SYSTEMS; URBAN FORESTS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

ANGIOSPERM; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATION; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN FORESTRY; VEGETATION COVER; WATER BUDGET;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 85019655356     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016WR020254     Document Type: Article

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