Seasonal variabilities in the distribution of the microclimatic factors and evapotranspiration in a shortgrass steppe

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 113-130

  Lapitan, Romelito L ^a   Parton, William J ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MICROCLIMATE; STEPPE;

USA, COLORADO;

EID: 0029663890     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1923(95)02272-4     Document Type: Article

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