A stochastic linear theory of mesoscale circulation induced by the thermal heterogeneity of the land surface

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3349-3366

  Wang, Jingfeng ^a,b   Bras, Rafael L ^a   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; CIRCULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SURFACE HETEROGENEITY;

EID: 0030419571     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<3349:ASLTOM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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