Evaporation, sensible heat and canopy conductance of fallow savannah and patterned woodland in the Sahel

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 188-189, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 494-515

  Kabat, P ^a   Dolman, A J ^a   Elbers, J A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPORATION; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; HYDROLOGY; RAIN;

FALLOW SAVANNAH; HYDROLOGICAL AND ATMOSPHERIC PILOT EXPERIMENT (HAPEX) SAHEL;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

ATMOSPHERE/VEGETATION EXCHANGE; CANOPY CONDUCTANCE; EVAPORATION; FALLOW; HAPEX-SAHEL; PATTERNED; SAVANNA; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WOODLAND;

AFRICA, SAHEL;

EID: 0030615660     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03190-3     Document Type: Article

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