Dry-season radiation balance of land covers replacing forest in northern Thailand

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-65

  Giambelluca, T W ^a   Fox, J ^b   Yarnasarn, S ^c   Onibutr, P ^c   Nullet, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Albedo; Land cover change; Land atmosphere interaction; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DRY SEASON; LAND COVER; RADIATION BALANCE;

THAILAND;

EID: 0033620633     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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