Numerical simulation of nonlinear mesoscale circulations induced by the thermal heterogeneities of land surface

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 447-464

  Wang, Jingfeng ^a,b   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^a   Bras, Rafael L ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WIND EFFECTS;

NONLINEAR MESOSCALE CIRCULATIONS; THERMAL HETEROGENEITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; LAND SURFACE; MESOSCALE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE HETEROGENEITY;

EID: 0032004536     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0447:NSONMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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