Spatial heterogeneity of the soil moisture content and its impact on surface flux densities and near-surface meteorology

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 556-570

  Ronda, R J ^a   van den Hurk, B J J M ^b   Holtslag, A A M ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 0036825501     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2002)003<0556:SHOTSM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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