Spatio-temporal surface soil heat flux estimates from satellite data; results for the AMMA experiment at the Fakara (Niger) supersite

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 154-155, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-

  Verhoef, Anne ^a   Ottlé, Catherine ^b   Cappelaere, Bernard ^c   Murray, Ty ^a   Saux Picart, Stephane ^d   Zribi, Mehrez ^e   Maignan, Fabienne ^b   Boulain, Nicolas ^c,f   Demarty, Jerome ^c   Ramier, David ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e CNES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

AMMA; Land surface temperatures; MSG; Sahel; Soil heat flux

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; ENVISAT-1; EOS; EVAPORATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HEAT FLUX; LAND SURFACE; LEAF AREA INDEX; SATELLITE DATA; SEVIRI; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPOT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

FAKARA; NIAMEY [NIGER]; NIGER [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 84858133656     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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