Diurnal cycles of surface winds and temperatures as simulated by five boundary layer parameterizations

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 157-169

  Zhang, Da Lin ^a   Zheng, Wei Zhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS (PBL); TOPOGRAPHICAL FORCING;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE WIND;

EID: 1342310492     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<0157:DCOSWA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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