The impact of soil depth on land surface energy and water fluxes in the North American Monsoon region

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 564-571

  Gochis, David J ^a   Vivoni, Enrique R ^b   Watts, Christopher J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Land surface models; Micrometeorology; North American Monsoon; Soil depth

Indexed keywords

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; ENERGY FLUX; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND SURFACE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MODEL TEST; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE ENERGY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER FLOW;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 76849106470     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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