Estimation of global ground heat flux

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 744-759

  Bennett, William B ^a   Wang, Jingfeng ^b,c   Bras, Rafael L ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TYPE;

EID: 58049089307     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM940.1     Document Type: Article

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