Comparison of the Met Office's surface exchange scheme, MOSES, against field observations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 615, 2006, Pages 425-446

  Rooney, Gabriel G ^a,b   Claxton, B M ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b Meteorological Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Soil moisture; Surface fluxes; Water table

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE; SOILS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

LATENT HEAT; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE FLUXES; WATER TABLE;

METEOROLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MOISTURE FLUX;

EID: 33645529473     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.95     Document Type: Article

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