Tree surface temperature in an urban environment

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-62

  Leuzinger, Sebastian ^a,b   Vogt, Roland ^a   Körner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Infrared thermography; Leaf energy balance; Leaf morphology; Microclimate; Plant water relations; Thermal imagery

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY BALANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WATER SUPPLY;

BASEL; BASEL-STADT; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 70449528777     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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