A comparison of two strategies on land surface heterogeneity used in a mesoscale β meteorological model

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 733-749

  Mölders, Nicole ^a   Raabe, Armin ^a   Tetzlaff, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE/BIOSPHERE/SOIL INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; LAND SURFACE; METEOROLOGICAL MODEL; MODEL COMPARISON; SURFACE HETEROGENEITY;

EID: 0030405728     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0870.1996.00012.x     Document Type: Review

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