Estimating regional surface heat and moisture fluxes above prairie cropland from surface and upper-air measurements

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1716-1735

  Barr, Alan G ^a   Strong, G S ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; BOWEN RATIO; ENTRAINMENT; LATENT HEAT; PRAIRIE; RADIOSONDE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE HEAT;

CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN, KENASTON; CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN, SASKATOON;

EID: 0030419078     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1716:ERSHAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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