Comparison of microclimate vs. remote meteorological data and results applied to a water temperature model (Miramichi River, Canada)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 380, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 247-259

  Benyahya, Loubna ^a,b   Caissie, Daniel ^b   El Jabi, Nassir ^c   Satish, Mysore G ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Meteorological station; Microclimate sites; River heat flux; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; DIFFERENT SIZES; EFFECTIVE TOOL; EVAPORATIVE FLUX; FOREST CANOPIES; HEAT GAINS; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; LOTIC ECOSYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MICROCLIMATE CONDITIONS; MICROCLIMATE DATA; MICROCLIMATE SITES; MIRAMICHI; PHYSICAL HABITAT; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RIVER ENVIRONMENT; RIVER SYSTEMS; RIVER WATER; SHORT WAVES; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; WATER TEMPERATURES; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ECOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGY; RIVERS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TEMPERATURE; WAVE EQUATIONS; WIND EFFECTS;

FORESTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EVAPORATION; FOREST CANOPY; HEAT FLUX; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MICROCLIMATE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHER STATION; WIND VELOCITY;

CANADA; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEAT LOSS; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; RIVERS; SUN LIGHT; WATER;

CANADA; MIRAMICHI RIVER; NEW BRUNSWICK;

EID: 72249087515     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.10.039     Document Type: Article

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