Modelling fluxes of momentum, sensible heat and latent heat over heterogeneous snow cover

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 543, 1997, Pages 1867-1883

  Essery, Richard ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Heterogeneity; Parametrization of surface fluxes; Snow covered surfaces; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; SNOW COVER; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 0031402380     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54304     Document Type: Article

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