Above-ground thermal energy storage rates, trunk heat fluxes and surface energy balance in a central Amazonian rainforest

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 148, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 917-930

  Michiles, Alessandro Augusto dos Santos ^a   Gielow, Ralf ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Energy balance; Energy storage; Heat; Tropical forest; Trunk

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ENERGY; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 43749124859     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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