Influence of experimental warming on heat and water fluxes of alpine meadows in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 441-458

  Xue, Xian ^a   Xu, Manhou ^a   You, Quangang ^a   Peng, Fei ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT FLUX; MEADOW; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84902126870     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-46.2.441     Document Type: Article

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