Water availability and the spatial complexity of CO2, water, and energy fluxes over a heterogeneous sparse canopy

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 798-809

  Scanlon, Todd M ^a   Albertson, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CANOPY; CARBON DIOXIDE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LEAF AREA INDEX; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 0345149257     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2003)004<0798:WAATSC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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