An application of the variational method to computation of sensible heat flux over a deciduous forest

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 144-152

  Cao, Zuohao ^a   Ma, Jianmin ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; WIND;

EDDY-CORRELATION MEASUREMENTS; FLUX-VARIANCE METHOD; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

HEAT FLUX;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; WIND;

EID: 14644398621     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM-2179.1     Document Type: Article

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