A soil-vegetation-atmosphere transfer scheme for modeling spatially variable water and energy balance processes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 4303-4324

  Peters Lidard, C D ^a,b   Zion, M S ^a   Wood, E F ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE/LAND COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/SOIL/VEGETATION TRANSFER; BOUNDARY LAYER; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WATER BALANCE;

EID: 0031444061     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd02948     Document Type: Article

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