Tundra water budget and implications of precipitation underestimation

Liljedahl, Anna K.; Hinzman, Larry D.; Kane, Douglas L.; Oechel, Walter C.; Tweedie, Craig E.; Zona, Donatella

doi:10.1002/2016WR020001

Title: Tundra water budget and implications of precipitation underestimation

Journal Article · 05 July 2017 · Water Resources Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/2016WR020001 · OSTI ID:1373979

^[1]; Hinzman, Larry D. ^[2]; Kane, Douglas L. ^[1];

^[3]; Tweedie, Craig E. ^[4];

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Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks Alaska USA
International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks Alaska USA
Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego California USA, Department of Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter UK
Department of Biological and the Environmental Science and Engineering Program, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso Texas USA
Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego California USA, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield UK

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