A case study on the effects of heterogeneous soil moisture on mesoscale boundary-layer structure in the Southern Great Plains, U.S.A. Part II: Mesoscale modelling

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 275-314

  Reen, Brian P ^a   Stauffer, David R ^a   Davis, Kenneth J ^a   Desai, Ankur R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer depth; Land surface heterogeneity; Mesoscale modelling; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; OPTICAL RADAR; SOILS; TABLE LOOKUP;

BOUNDARY-LAYER STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDAR; LAND SURFACE HETEROGENEITY; MESOSCALE MODELLING; SOIL MOISTURE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; OPTICAL RADAR; SOILS; TABLE LOOKUP;

BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33747747682     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-006-9056-6     Document Type: Article

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