The impact of vegetation and soil parameters in simulations of surface energy and water balance in the semi-arid sahel: A case study using SEBEX and HAPEX-Sahel data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 320, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 238-259

  Kahan, Daniel S ^a   Xue, Yongkang ^a   Allen, Simon J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Land parameters; Model validation; Semi arid area

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

LAND PARAMETERS; MODEL VALIDATION; SEMI-ARID AREA; SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; SEMIARID REGION;

EID: 33644515307     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.07.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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