Interception measurements and assessment of Gash model performance for a tropical semi-arid region;Medidas de interceptação e avaliação do desempenho do modelo de Gash para uma região semi-árida

Revista Ciencia Agronomica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-174

  Augusto, Pedro Henrique ^a,b   de Araújo, José Carlos ^a   Bronstert, Axel ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Centre for Agrarian Sciences ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caatinga vegetation; Canopy interception; Gash model; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349105825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18066690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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