A comparison of forest and moorland stream microclimate, heat exchanges and thermal dynamics

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 919-940

  Hannah, David M ^a   Malcolm, Iain A ^b   Soulsby, Chris ^c   Youngson, Alan F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cairngorms; Energy balance; Heat budget; Hydrometeorology; Riparian woodland; Riverbed; Scotland; Thermal regime; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FORESTRY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SINKS; LANDFORMS; LATENT HEAT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MOORLAND; RIPARIAN WOODLAND;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SINKS; LANDFORMS; LATENT HEAT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ENERGY BUDGET; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT SOURCE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MOORLAND; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIVER BED; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STREAM; THERMAL REGIME; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

FORESTS; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT OF FUSION; HUMIDITY; LAND; MICROCLIMATES; RADIATION; SENSIBLE HEAT; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CAIRNGORM MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAMPIAN HIGHLANDS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 41449106578     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7003     Document Type: Article

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