A Numerical and Field Investigation of Surface Heat Fluxes from Small Wind-Sheltered Waterbodies in Semi-Arid Western Australia

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-106

  Hipsey, M R ^a   Sivapalan, M ^a   Clement, T P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation reduction; Microclimate; Numerical model; Shelterbelt; Surface heat flux; Windbreak

Indexed keywords

LATENT HEAT FLUX; MICROCLIMATE; MOISTURE FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEMIARID REGION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WIND BREAK;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0742285154     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025547707198     Document Type: Article

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