Topographical and ecohydrological controls on land surface temperature in an alpine catchment

Ecohydrology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-204

  Bertoldi, G ^a   Notarnicola, C ^a   Leitinger, G ^a,b   Endrizzi, S ^c   Zebisch, M ^a   Della Chiesa, S ^a,b   Tappeiner, U ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpine ecology; Hydrological models; Remote sensing; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE CATCHMENTS; AS-SOILS; ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECOHYDROLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; HUMID CLIMATES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; KEY FACTORS; KEY PARAMETERS; LAND COVER; LAND COVER VARIABILITY; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LAND-COVER TYPES; LANDSAT; LANDSAT IMAGES; MASS EXCHANGE; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL SIMULATION; MOUNTAIN RIDGES; REGIONAL SCALE; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SOIL MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; STEEP SLOPE; SURFACE ENERGIES; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; VEGETATION TYPE; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACINGS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CATCHMENT; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENERGY BUDGET; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; LANDSAT; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; STUBAI VALLEY; TYROL;

EID: 77954651077     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.129     Document Type: Article

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