Unidimensional modelling of a fallow savannah during the HAPEX-Sahel experiment using the SiSPAT model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 188-189, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 912-945

  Braud, I ^a   Bessemoulin, P ^b   Monteny, B ^c   Sicot, M ^c   Vandervaere, J P ^a   Vauclin, M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE/PLANT/SOIL INTERACTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FALLOW; HAPEX-SAHEL; HEAT FLUX; INFILTRATION; RADIATION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SAVANNA; SISPAT;

AFRICA, SAHEL;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEAT TRANSFER; INFILTRATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; SOILS; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BARE SOIL EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGIC ATMOSPHERIC PILOT EXPERIMENTS; LEAF AREA INDEX; WATER BALANCE;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 0030613150     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03177-0     Document Type: Article

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