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Climate change, growing season water deficit and vegetation activity along the north–south transect of eastern China from 1982 through 2006
P. Sun
Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
Z. Yu
Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
S. Liu
Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
X. Wei
University of British Columbia (Okanagan), 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada
J. Wang
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6125, USA
N. Zegre
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6125, USA
N. Liu
Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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Sinan Li, Li Zhang, Jingfeng Xiao, Rui Ma, Xiangjun Tian, and Min Yan
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 6311–6337, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-6311-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-6311-2022, 2022
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Peng Zhu and Jennifer Burney
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 827–840, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-827-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-827-2022, 2022
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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 5029–5045, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5029-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5029-2021, 2021
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Hailong Wang, Kai Duan, Bingjun Liu, and Xiaohong Chen
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 4741–4758, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4741-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4741-2021, 2021
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David N. Dralle, W. Jesse Hahm, K. Dana Chadwick, Erica McCormick, and Daniella M. Rempe
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 2861–2867, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2861-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2861-2021, 2021
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María P. González-Dugo, Xuelong Chen, Ana Andreu, Elisabet Carpintero, Pedro J. Gómez-Giraldez, Arnaud Carrara, and Zhongbo Su
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Sheng Wang, Monica Garcia, Andreas Ibrom, and Peter Bauer-Gottwein
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Anne J. Hoek van Dijke, Kaniska Mallick, Adriaan J. Teuling, Martin Schlerf, Miriam Machwitz, Sibylle K. Hassler, Theresa Blume, and Martin Herold
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A. A. Harpold, J. A. Marshall, S. W. Lyon, T. B. Barnhart, B. A. Fisher, M. Donovan, K. M. Brubaker, C. J. Crosby, N. F. Glenn, C. L. Glennie, P. B. Kirchner, N. Lam, K. D. Mankoff, J. L. McCreight, N. P. Molotch, K. N. Musselman, J. Pelletier, T. Russo, H. Sangireddy, Y. Sjöberg, T. Swetnam, and N. West
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 2881–2897, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2881-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2881-2015, 2015
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This review's objective is to demonstrate the transformative potential of lidar by critically assessing both challenges and opportunities for transdisciplinary lidar applications in geomorphology, hydrology, and ecology. We find that using lidar to its full potential will require numerous advances, including more powerful open-source processing tools, new lidar acquisition technologies, and improved integration with physically based models and complementary observations.
Y. Wang, M. L. Roderick, Y. Shen, and F. Sun
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 3499–3509, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-3499-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-3499-2014, 2014
Y. Liu, Y. Zhou, W. Ju, J. Chen, S. Wang, H. He, H. Wang, D. Guan, F. Zhao, Y. Li, and Y. Hao
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M. Gokmen, Z. Vekerdy, W. Verhoef, and O. Batelaan
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 3779–3794, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-3779-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-3779-2013, 2013
H. Liu, F. Tian, H. C. Hu, H. P. Hu, and M. Sivapalan
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 805–815, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-805-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-805-2013, 2013
T. S. Ahring and D. R. Steward
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 4133–4142, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-4133-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-4133-2012, 2012
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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 3851–3862, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-3851-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-3851-2012, 2012
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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 1713–1727, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-15-1713-2011, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-15-1713-2011, 2011
C. Cammalleri, M. C. Anderson, G. Ciraolo, G. D'Urso, W. P. Kustas, G. La Loggia, and M. Minacapilli
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 2643–2659, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-14-2643-2010, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-14-2643-2010, 2010
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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 2415–2428, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-14-2415-2010, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-14-2415-2010, 2010
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