Modelling regional scale surface energy exchanges and CBL growth in a heterogeneous, urban-rural landscape

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-31

  Cleugh, H A ^a   Grimmond, C S B ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CBL (convective boundary layer); CBL budget methods; Microscale heterogeneity; Regional fluxes

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; MODEL VALIDATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE ENERGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035135096     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018798928158     Document Type: Article

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