Uncertainties in latent heat flux measurement and estimation: Implications for using a simplified approach with remote sensing data

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 769-787

  Jiang, Le ^a   Islam, Shafiqul ^b   Carlson, Toby N ^c  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; METEOROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING;

INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS; LATENT HEAT FLUX; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SURFACE FLUX;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 11144246407     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m04-038     Document Type: Article

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