An extremum principle of evaporation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Wang, Jingfeng ^a   Salvucci, Guido D ^b   Bras, Rafael L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Extremum principle; Surface heat fluxes; Surface soil moisture; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EXTREMUM PRINCIPLE; METEOROLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; PRIESTLEY-TAYLOR FORMULA; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM;

EVAPORATION;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ENERGY FLUX; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 6344246162     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003087     Document Type: Article

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