An evaluation of two models for estimation of the roughness height for heat transfer between the land surface and the atmosphere

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1933-1951

  Su, Z ^a   Schmugge, T ^a   Kustas, W P ^a   Massman, W J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LAGRANGIAN THEORY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; ROUGHNESS;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035508952     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<1933:AEOTMF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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