VEBEX: Vegetation and surface energy balance experiment for the tropics

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-105

  Raman, Sethu ^a   Nivoci, Devdutta S ^a   Prabhu, A ^b   Ameenullah, S ^b   Nagaraj, S T ^c   Kumar, Udai ^c   Jayanna, S ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Biosphere atmosphere interaction; Field experiment; Planetary boundary layer; SVAT; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY BALANCE; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

EID: 0031723443     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02842263     Document Type: Article

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