Surface skin temperature and the interplay between sensible and ground heat fluxes over arid regions

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1359-1370

  Zeng, Xubin ^a   Wang, Zhuo ^a   Wang, Aihui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DIURNAL VARIATION; NET RADIATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TURBULENCE;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868307055     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-0117.1     Document Type: Article

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