Modeling monthly near-surface air temperature from solar radiation and lapse rate: Application over complex terrain in yellowstone national park

Physical Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-178

  Huang, Shengli ^a,b   Rich, Paul M ^c   Crabtree, Robert L ^b   Potter, Christopher S ^a   Fu, Pinde ^d  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Yellowstone Ecological Research Centre   (United States)

^c Creekside Center for Earth Observation   (United States)

^d ESRI   (United States)

Author keywords

Montane ecosystem; Solar radiation; Surface temperature; Yellowstone National park

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; ERROR ANALYSIS; MONTANE FOREST; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 55249105694     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.29.2.158     Document Type: Article

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