The influence of assimilating leaf area index in a land surface model on global water fluxes and storages

<p>Vegetation plays a fundamental role not only in the energy and carbon cycles but also in the global water balance by controlling surface evapotranspiration (ET). Thus, accurately estimating vegetation-related variables has the potential to improve our understanding and estimation of the dyn...

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Main Authors: X. Zhang, V. Maggioni, A. Rahman, P. Houser, Y. Xue, T. Sauer, S. Kumar, D. Mocko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2020-07-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/24/3775/2020/hess-24-3775-2020.pdf