Impact of atmospheric surface-layer parameterizations in the new land-surface scheme of the NCEP mesoscale Eta model

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 391-421

  Chen, Fei ^a,b   Janjić, Zavisǎ ^a   Mitchell, Kenneth ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Land surface process; Numerical weather prediction; Roughness length for heat; Soil moisture simulation; Surface layer parameterization

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; ETA MODEL; LAND SURFACE PARAMETERIZATION; NCEP; ROUGHNESS LENGTH;

EID: 0031432796     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000531001463     Document Type: Article

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