Salt marsh-atmosphere exchange of energy, water vapor, and carbon dioxide: Effects of tidal flooding and biophysical controls

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Moffett, Kevan B ^a   Wolf, Adam ^b   Berry, Joe A ^b   Gorelick, Steven M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY HEIGHTS; COMMON MODELS; EDDY FLUXES; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; EXCHANGE OF ENERGY; FIELD DATA; HIGH TIDES; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PAN COEFFICIENT; PENMAN-MONTEITH; PRIESTLEY-TAYLOR; RADIATION BUDGET; SALT MARSHES; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SHORT DURATIONS; SOIL HEAT FLUX; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGY; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FLOODS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TIDAL POWER; WATER VAPOR;

WETLANDS;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; BIOPHYSICS; CALIBRATION; CANOPY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EVAPORATION; FLOODING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGY; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALTMARSH; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SURFACE ENERGY; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77958465150     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR009041     Document Type: Article

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