Characterizing land surface processes: A quantitative analysis using air-ground thermal orbits

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Smerdon, Jason E ^a   Beltrami, Hugo ^b   Creelman, Chance ^b   Bruce Stevens, M ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FROZEN SOILS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOW; SOIL MECHANICS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED MODEL; GROUND TEMPERATURE; IN-ORBIT; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; PHASE SPACES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SNOW COVERS; SOIL FREEZING; TIME AND SPACE; VEGETATION EFFECTS;

ORBITS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GROUND FREEZING; LAND SURFACE; ORBIT DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOW COVER;

EID: 70350072529     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011768     Document Type: Article

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