Surface flux measurement and modeling at a semi-arid Sonoran Desert site

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 82, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 119-153

  Unland, Helene E ^a   Houser, Paul R ^a   Shuttleworth, William J ^a   Yang, Zong L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRASSULACEAE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DESERT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SEMIARID REGION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE; SURFACE FLUX;

USA, ARIZONA, SONORAN DESERT;

EID: 0030303418     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1923(96)02330-1     Document Type: Article

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