Surface characteristics of grasslands in Inner Mongolia as detected by micrometeorological measurements

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 563-574

  Ketzer, Bettina ^a   Liu, Huizhi ^b   Bernhofer, Christian ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Eddy covariance; Micrometeorology; Semi arid steppe ecosystem; Surface characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METEOROLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; METEOROLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE;

EID: 50249131357     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-008-0148-5     Document Type: Article

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