Fog deposition to a Tillandsia carpet in the Atacama Desert

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3571-3576

  Westbeld, A ^a,c   Klemm, O ^a   Griessbaum F ^a   Strater E ^a   Larrain, H ^b   Osses, P ^b   Cereceda, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Biosphere atmosphere interactions); Hydrology (Hydroclimatology); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Turbulence)

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DEW; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; FOG; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MONOCOTYLEDON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TURBULENCE; VULNERABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE;

TILLANDSIA;

EID: 73149107977     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3571-2009     Document Type: Article

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