Seasonal variation in energy balance and canopy conductance for a tropical savanna ecosystem of south central Mato Grosso, Brazil

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Rodrigues, Thiago R ^a   Vourlitis, George L ^b   Lobo, Francisco De A ^a   De Oliveira, Renan G ^c   Nogueira, José De S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

canopy conductance; cerrado; decoupling factor; latent heat flux; sensible heat flux

Indexed keywords

CANOPY REFLECTANCE; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT FLUX; REMOTE SENSING; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO;

EID: 84896935915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JG002472     Document Type: Article

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