Overview of Ecohydrological Models and Systems at the Watershed Scale

IEEE Systems Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1091-1099

  Chen, Lajiao ^a   Wang, Lizhe ^a,b   Ma, Yan ^a   Liu, Peng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ecohydrological interaction; ecohydrological models; global change; hydrological processes; vegetation dynamic

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

ECO-HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; ECOHYDROLOGICAL INTERACTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 85027929546     PISSN: 19328184     EISSN: 19379234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2013.2296979     Document Type: Review

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