The role of the Sahelian biosphere on the water and the CO2 cycle during the HAPEX-Sahel experiment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 188-189, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 516-535

  Monteny, B A ^a   Lhomme, J P ^a   Chehbouni, A ^a   Troufleau, D ^b   Amadou, M ^c   Sicot, M ^a   Verhoef, A ^d   Galle, S ^a   Said, F ^e   Lloyd, C R ^f  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Institut National de Recherches Agronomiques du Niger   (Niger)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEAT FLUX; HYDROLOGY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAIN; SOILS; SOLAR RADIATION;

PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

BIOSPHERE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY EXCHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HAPEX-SAHEL; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SAVANNA; WATER;

AFRICA, SAHEL;

EID: 0030613309     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03191-5     Document Type: Article

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