Footprint modeling for vegetation atmosphere exchange studies: A review and perspective

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 159-183

  Schmid, Hans Peter ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux measurements; Footprint; Micrometeorology; Modeling; Vegetation atmosphere exchange

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; MICROMETEOROLOGY; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0037010661     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(02)00107-7     Document Type: Article

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