The effect of soil thermal conductivity parameterization on surface energy fluxes and temperatures

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1209-1224

  Peters Lidard, C D ^a   Blackburn, E ^b   Liang, X ^b   Wood, E F ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MOISTURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ENERGY BALANCE; SOIL MOISTURE VARIABILITY; SOIL VEGETATION ATMOSPHERE TRANSFER SCHEME; SURFACE ENERGY FLUXES;

SOIL MECHANICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FIFE; ISLSCP; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

USA, KANSAS;

EID: 0032052926     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1209:TEOSTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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