Comparison of sensible and latent heat fluxes during the transition season over the western Tibetan Plateau from reanalysis datasets

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 719-726

  Cui, Yang ^a   Wang, Chenghai ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Freezing thawing process; Reanalysis data; Surface heat fluxes; Transition season; Western Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; FROZEN SOILS; HEAT FLUX; LATENT HEAT; THAWING;

FREEZING/THAWING PROCESS; NCEP/NCAR; PHASE CHANGE; REANALYSIS; REANALYSIS DATA; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TRANSITION SEASON; WESTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU;

SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 67349089322     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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