Temperature as an indicator of landform influence on atmospheric processes

Physical Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-157

  Brown, Michael E ^a   Wax, Charles L ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land surface atmosphere interaction; Mississippi alluvial valley; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VALLEY;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849093962     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.28.2.148     Document Type: Article

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