Surface energy balance measurements at a tropical site in West Africa during the transition from dry to wet season

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 171-183

  Mauder, Matthias ^a   Jegede, Oluwagbemiga O ^b   Okogbue, Emmanuel C ^c   Wimmer, Florian ^a   Foken, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOWEN RATIO; DRY SEASON; ENERGY BALANCE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MICROMETEOROLOGY; MONSOON; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SURFACE ENERGY; WET SEASON;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34347392926     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-006-0252-6     Document Type: Article

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