Brief description
The global effective plant rooting depth (unit: meter) datasets contains a climatological map of mean effective plant rooting depth over 1982-2010 at 0.5 degree spatial resolution based on Guswa's Carbon Cost-Benefit model. A detailed description of the method, input data and hydrological validation of the effectiveness of the estimated rooting depth can be found in Yang et al. (2016).Reference:
Guswa, A.J. (2008), The influence of climate on root depth: A carbon cost-benefit analysis, Water Resources Research, 44(2), W02427, doi: 10.1029/2007WR006384.
Yang, Y.T., Donohue, R.J., McVicar, T.R. (2016), Global estimation of effective plant rooting depth: Implication for hydrological modelling, Water Resource Research, In press.
Available: 2016-11-25
Data time period: 1982-01-01 to 2010-01-01
Subjects
Biological Sciences |
Carbon cost-benefit model |
Earth Sciences |
Environmental Sciences |
Ecology |
Hydrology |
Plant rooting depth |
Soil Biology |
Soil Sciences |
Surface Water Hydrology |
Terrestrial Ecology |
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