Land surface heterogeneity in the Cooperative Atmosphere Surface Exchange Study (CASES-97). Part I: Comparing modeled surface flux maps with surface-flux tower and aircraft measurements

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 196-218

  Chen, Fei ^a   Yates, David N ^b   Nagai, Haruyasu ^c   LeMone, Margaret A ^a   Ikeda, Kyoko ^a   Grossman, Robert L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; HEAT FLUX; HETEROGENEITY; LAND SURFACE; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE FLUX;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037593953     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2003)4<196:LSHITC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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