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dc.contributor.advisorDara Entekhabi.en_US
dc.contributor.authorChulakadabba, Apisada.en_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.en_US
dc.coverage.spatialn-usp--en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-17T19:49:07Z
dc.date.available2019-09-17T19:49:07Z
dc.date.copyright2019en_US
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122233
dc.descriptionThesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2019en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 37-38).en_US
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Apisada Chulakadabba.en_US
dc.format.extent58 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsMIT 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.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectCivil and Environmental Engineering.en_US
dc.titleWater and carbon flux responses to soil moisture pulses in the Western United Statesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.B.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineeringen_US
dc.identifier.oclc1119388933en_US
dc.description.collectionS.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineeringen_US
dspace.imported2019-09-17T19:49:05Zen_US
mit.thesis.degreeBacheloren_US
mit.thesis.departmentCivEngen_US


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