Europe's 2003 heat wave: A satellite view of impacts and land - Atmosphere feedbacks

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 743-769

  Zaitchik, Benjamin F ^a   Macalady, Alison K ^b   Bonneau, Laurent R ^a   Smith, Ronald B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Heatwave; Land atmosphere feedback; Remote sensing; Surface energy balance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; DROUGHT; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

HEAT WAVE; LAND-ATMOSPHERE FEEDBACK; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646473105     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1280     Document Type: Article

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