Fire impacts on surface heat, moisture and carbon fluxes from a tropical savanna in northern Australia

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 333-340

  Beringer, J ^a   Hutley, L B ^b   Tapper, N J ^a   Coutts, A ^a   Kerley, A ^a   O'Grady, A P ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CRC/CSIRO ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Albedo; Eddy covariance; Fire intensity; Howard Springs; Northern Territory; Surface energy exchanges

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242602000     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/wf03023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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