Comparison of factors affecting water transfer in a cultivated paleotropical grass (Brachiaria decumbens Stapf) field and a neotropical savanna during the dry season of the Orinoco lowlands

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 509-522

  San Jose J J ^a   Nikonova, N ^a   Bracho, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRASS; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MICROMETEOROLOGY; SAVANNA; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WATER TRANSFER;

VENEZUELA, ORINOCO;

EID: 0031850525     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0509:COFAWT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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