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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > physics > physical properties > thermal properties > latent heat flux
Fields of Study > physics > thermodynamics > thermal properties > latent heat flux
Preferred Term:

latent heat flux

Definition:
The flux of heat from the earth's surface to the atmosphere that is associated with evaporation or condensation of water vapor at the surface; a component of the surface energy budget.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
thermal properties
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/325658
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RDF/XMLCreated 2018-10-23, last modified 2018-11-16