Parameterization of Albedo over Heterogeneous Surfaces in Coupled Land-Atmosphere Schemes for Environmental Modeling. Part I: Theoretical Background

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-77

  Mihailovic, D T ^a,b,c   Kapor, D ^b   Hogrefe, C ^c   Lazic, J ^b   Tosic, T ^b  

^a Horticulture and Landscape Architecture   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Energy balance; Environmental modeling; Land surface modeling; Parameter aggregation; Urban modeling

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ENERGY BALANCE; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; URBAN AREA;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0742285157     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025514026772     Document Type: Article

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