How will land use affect air temperature in the surface boundary layer? Lessons learned from a comparative study on the energy balance of an oak savanna and annual grassland in California, USA

Dennis Baldocchi; Siyan Ma

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.19994

How will land use affect air temperature in the surface boundary layer? Lessons learned from a comparative study on the energy balance of an oak savanna and annual grassland in California, USA

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1

By: Dennis Baldocchi and Siyan Ma

Open Access

|Jan 2013

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