Seasonal evolution of ecohydrological controls on land surface temperature over complex terrain

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3852-3874

  Xiang, Tiantian ^a   Vivoni, Enrique R ^a,b   Gochis, David J ^c  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

distributed hydrologic model; North American monsoon; remote sensing; vegetation greening; watershed hydrology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BUDGET CONTROL; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE WATERS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; DISTRIBUTED SIMULATIONS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NORTH AMERICAN; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL EVOLUTION; VEGETATION GREENING; WATERSHED HYDROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ECOHYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TERRAIN;

EID: 84900351311     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014787     Document Type: Article

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