Water and carbon flux responses to soil moisture pulses in the Western United States
Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2019
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| author | Chulakadabba, Apisada. |
| author2 | Dara Entekhabi. |
| author_facet | Dara Entekhabi. Chulakadabba, Apisada. |
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| description | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2019 |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1222332019-11-22T03:27:14Z Water and carbon flux responses to soil moisture pulses in the Western United States Chulakadabba, Apisada. Dara Entekhabi. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering. Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2019 Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-38). In this study, the relationships among plant water and carbon flux responses to soil moisture resource pulses in semi-arid lands of the Western United States were diagnosed. Measurements from twelve AmeriFlux tower (in situ) and SMAP (satellite) sites across the region were used to estimate relationships between carbon flux and resource availability. The differences between respiration and photosynthesis dominant regimes and the transition from water to energy limited regimes could be observed. Water use efficiency of plants in the regions was estimated to be around 5.0 grams of carbon dioxide per 1 kilograms of water when water was excess. Response patterns were shared among the similar ecosystems. The role of water and carbon flux response to intermittency resource availability could lead to improved estimation of land carbon budgets. by Apisada Chulakadabba. S.B. S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 2019-09-17T19:49:07Z 2019-09-17T19:49:07Z 2019 2019 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122233 1119388933 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 58 pages application/pdf n-usp-- Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Civil and Environmental Engineering. Chulakadabba, Apisada. Water and carbon flux responses to soil moisture pulses in the Western United States |
| title | Water and carbon flux responses to soil moisture pulses in the Western United States |
| title_full | Water and carbon flux responses to soil moisture pulses in the Western United States |
| title_fullStr | Water and carbon flux responses to soil moisture pulses in the Western United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Water and carbon flux responses to soil moisture pulses in the Western United States |
| title_short | Water and carbon flux responses to soil moisture pulses in the Western United States |
| title_sort | water and carbon flux responses to soil moisture pulses in the western united states |
| topic | Civil and Environmental Engineering. |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122233 |
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