Uncertainty in the specification of surface characteristics: A study of prediction errors in the boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 473-500

  Alapaty, Kiran ^a   Raman, Sethu ^b   Niyogi, Devdutta S ^b  

^a MCNC   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Prediction errors; Surface characteristics; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; LAND SURFACE EXCHANGE; SOIL/VEGETATION COUPLING; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 0031459631     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1017166907476     Document Type: Article

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