A proposed structure for coupling tiled surfaces with the planetary boundary layer

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1271-1278

  Best, M J ^a   Beljaars, Anton ^b   Polcher, J ^c   Viterbo, P ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; COUPLING; LAND SURFACE; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 12144264437     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-382.1     Document Type: Article

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