The representation of soil moisture freezing and its impact on the stable boundary layer

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 559, 1999, Pages 2401-2426

  Viterbo, Pedro ^b   Beljaars, Anton ^a   Mahfouf, Jean François ^b   Teixeira, João ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Land surface schemes; Soil moisture freezing; Stable boundary layer

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; FREEZING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033381739     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55903     Document Type: Article

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