Understanding coastal wetland hydrology with a new regional‐scale, process‐based hydrological model

Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Southern Research Station, United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Raleigh, North Carolina Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Correspondence Wenhong Li, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708. Email: wenhong.li@duke.edu Funding information Division of Earth Sciences, Grant/Award Number: EAR‐1462169; Division of Emerging Frontiers, Grant/Award Number: EF‐ 1427188; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Grant/Award Number: 2014‐0500/ 7090112; National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Grant/Award Number: 2014‐ 67003‐22068

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