Defining area-average parameters in meteorological models for land surfaces with mesoscale heterogeneity

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 190, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 302-316

  Noilhan, J ^a   Lacarrere P ^a   Dolman, A J ^b   Blyth, E M ^c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; HAPEX-MOBILHY; LAND SURFACE; METEOROLOGICAL MODEL; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE HETEROGENEITY;

LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; SURFACES;

MESOSCALE HETEROGENEITY;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0030615725     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03131-9     Document Type: Article

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