The use of scintillometry for validating aggregation schemes over heterogeneous grids

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 149, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2098-2109

  Ezzahar, J ^a   Chehbouni, A ^b  

^a CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b CESBIO   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregation scheme; Evapotranspiration; Heterogeneous grid; Scintillometry; Semi arid regions

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HETEROGENEITY; HUMIDITY; IRRIGATION; LAND SURFACE; METEOROLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA; MARRAKECH [(CTY) MARRAKECH-TENSIFT-AL HAOUZ]; MARRAKECH-TENSIFT-AL HAOUZ; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 70449722755     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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