Force-restore technique for ground surface temperature and moisture content in a dry desert system

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1261-1268

  Jacobs, Adrie F G ^a   Heusinkveld, Bert G ^a   Berkowicz, Simon M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESERT; MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0034022428     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR900016     Document Type: Article

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