Natural integration of scalar fluxes from complex terrain

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-252

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Land atmosphere interaction; Surface fluxes; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPLEX TERRAINS; LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS; SCALAR FLUXES;

WATER RESOURCES;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPLEX TERRAIN; EVAPORATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; EVAPORATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 0033386779     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(99)00011-1     Document Type: Article

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