An analysis of the surface energy budget above the world's tallest angiosperm forest

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 166-167, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-31

  Kilinc, Musa ^a   Beringer, Jason ^a   Hutley, Lindsay B ^b   Haverd, Vanessa ^c   Tapper, Nigel ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Energy balance closure; Old growth forest; Surface energy balance

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; HEAT FLUX; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; TURBULENT FLOW;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WALLABY CREEK;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SORBUS;

EID: 84864795015     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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