Analysis of land-atmosphere interactions over the north region of Mt. Qomolangma (Mt. Everest)

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 412-422

  Chen, Xuelong ^a,b   Su, Zhongbo ^b   Ma, Yaoming ^a   Sun, Fanglin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; DATA SET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND SURFACE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROMETEOROLOGY; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; QOMOLANGMA NATIONAL NATURE PRESERVE; XIZANG;

EID: 84870209903     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-44.4.412     Document Type: Article

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