A review of vegetation-atmosphere interactions and their influences on mesoscale phenomena

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-285

  McPherson, Renee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Land air interaction; Mesoscale processes; Regional climatology; Vegetation; Vegetation atmosphere interaction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SURFACE ENERGY; VEGETATION;

EID: 34547113768     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133307079055     Document Type: Review

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