Numerical simulation of mesoscale circulations in a region of contrasting soil types

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 1689-1714

  Raman, Sethu ^a   Sims, Aaron ^a,b   Ellis, Robb ^a   Boyles, Ryan ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoscale circulations; MM5; North Carolina; Soil variation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22144452534     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-005-2689-4     Document Type: Article

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