Spatial estimation of air temperature differences for landscape-scale studies in montane environments

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 141-151

  Lookingbill, Todd R ^a   Urban, Dean L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest; Lapse rate; Old growth forest; Temperature modeling; Terrain analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; ELEVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037473976     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(02)00196-X     Document Type: Article

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