The impact of using area-averaged land surface properties -topography, vegetation condition, soil wetness - In calculations of intermediate scale (approximately 10 km2) surface-atmosphere heat and moisture fluxes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 190, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 269-301

  Sellers, Piers J ^a   Heiser, Mark D ^b   Hall, Forrest G ^a   Verma, Shashi B ^c   Desjardins, Raymond L ^d   Schuepp, Peter M ^e   MacPherson, J Ian ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE/LAND INTERACTION; HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE FLUX; SOIL WETNESS; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

USA, KANSAS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; SOILS;

TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION CONDITIONS;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 0030615737     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03130-7     Document Type: Article

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