On the opposing roles of air temperature and wind speed variability in flux estimation from remotely sensed land surface states

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Bertoldi, G ^a   Albertson, J D ^a   Kustas, W P ^b   Li, F ^b   Anderson, M C ^b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; REMOTE SENSING; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED ESTIMATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ARID REGIONS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL SURVEYS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE FLUX; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 36749040740     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR005911     Document Type: Article

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