A Numerical Study on Effects of Land-Surface Heterogeneity from " Combined Approach" on Atmospheric Process Part I: Principle and Method

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-120

  Zeng, Xinmin ^a   Zhao, Ming ^a   Su, Bingkai ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

" Combined approach"; Numerical experiment; Representation of land surface heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005394830     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-000-0047-0     Document Type: Article

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