Impact of some simplifying assumptions in the new ECMWF surface scheme

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1333-1343

  Van Den Hurk, B J J M ^a,b   Beljaars, A C M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; ECMWF; EVAPORATION; HEAT CONDUCTIVITY; SURFACE SCHEME; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION COVER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0030425610     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1333:IOSSAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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