Surface-sensible and latent heat fluxes over the Tibetan Plateau from ground measurements, reanalysis, and satellite data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5659-5677

  Shi, Q ^a   Liang, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84902089763     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-5659-2014     Document Type: Article

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