Evaluating ecosystem water use efficiency and recovery dynamics during flash droughts: insights from observations and model simulations - Yuefeng Hao; Jiafu Mao; Yaoping Wang; Lianhong Gu; Jeffrey Wood; Paul J. Hanson; Melanie A. Mayes; Mingzhou Jin; Peter E. Thornton; Xiaoying Shi; Daniel M. Ricciuto (Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2026)