Relevance of sub-grid-scale land-use effects for mesoscale models

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 232-246

  Schlünzen, K Heinke ^a   Katzfey, Jack J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0038105954     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0870.2003.00017.x     Document Type: Article

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