Spatially distributed sensible heat flux over a semiarid watershed. Part II: Use of a variable resistance approach with radiometric surface temperatures

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 293-301

  Kustas, William P ^a   Humes, Karen S ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; SEMIARID REGION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED;

EID: 0031446051     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0293:SDSHFO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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