Aerodynamic roughness parameters for semi-arid natural shrub communities of Wyoming, USA

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Driese, Kenneth L ^a   Reiners, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic roughness; Land surface transfer schemes; Species; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ROUGHNESS; VEGETATION;

AERODYNAMICS; MICROMETEOROLOGY; PLANT CANOPY; ROUGHNESS LENGTH; SHRUB;

USA, WYOMING;

EID: 0031592299     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(97)00055-5     Document Type: Article

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