Combined use of vegetation density, friction velocity, and solar elevation to parameterize the scalar roughness for sensible heat

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1198-1208

  Qualls, Russell ^a   Hopson, Thomas ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALCULATIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FRICTION; MOISTURE; SOIL MECHANICS; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

CANOPY TEMPERATURE; FRICTION VELOCITY; HEAT FLUX MEASUREMENT; LEAF AREA INDEX; SCALAR ROUGHNESS; SOLAR ELEVATION; VEGETATION DENSITY;

HEAT FLUX;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FIFE; FRICTION VELOCITY; ISLSCP; ROUGHNESS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE FLUX;

USA, KANSAS;

EID: 0032052898     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1198:CUOVDF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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