Inferring regional surface fluxes from convective boundary layer characteristics in a Sahelian environment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2563-2569

  Lhomme, J P ^a,c   Monteny, B ^a,c   Bessemoulin, P ^b  

^a Inst Francais Rech Sci pour le D   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SAVANNA; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE FLUX;

AFRICA; SAHEL;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; LATENT HEAT; SOIL MOISTURE;

CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLUX CALCULATIONS; MEASUREMENTS OF; PILOT EXPERIMENT; REGIONAL SCALE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE LAYERS;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 0030680309     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR01712     Document Type: Article

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