Some practical notes on the parameter kB-1 for sparse vegetation

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 560-572

  Verhoef, A ^a,c   De Bruin, H A R ^a   Van Den Hurk, B J J M ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; MOMENTUM; ROUGHNESS LENGTH; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPARSE VEGETATION;

EID: 0031459790     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0560:SPNOTP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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