Sensible heat measurements indicating depth and magnitude of subsurface soil water evaporation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Heitman, J L ^a   Xiao, X ^b   Horton, R ^b   Sauer, T J ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOWEN RATIO; BOWEN RATIO ENERGY BALANCES; EVAPORATION FLUX; HEAT PULSE; IN-SITU; MASS BALANCE ESTIMATES; NEAR-SURFACE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SENSIBLE HEAT; SOIL HEAT FLUX; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER EVAPORATION; SUBSURFACE SOIL; THERMAL PROPERTIES; VADOSE ZONE HYDROLOGY;

ESTIMATION; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL EVAPORATION; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BOWEN RATIO; EVAPORATION; HEAT BALANCE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MASS BALANCE; RAINFALL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER;

EID: 79551678781     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR006961     Document Type: Article

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