Surface length scales and shear stress: Implications for land-atmosphere interaction over complex terrain

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2121-2132

  Albertson, John D ^a   Parlange, Marc B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SHEAR STRESS;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0033061776     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900094     Document Type: Article

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