Relationships between climate, vegetation, and energy exchange across a montane gradient

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Anderson, Ray G ^a   Goulden, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOWEN RATIO; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY FLUX; EVAPORATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE ENERGY; VEGETATION COVER;

CALIFORNIA; SAN JACINTO; SANTA ROSA MOUNTAINS [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952758399     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001476     Document Type: Article

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