Simulation of surface energy fluxes using high-resolution non-hydrostatic simulations and comparisons with measurements for the LITFASS-2003 experiment

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 195-220

  Heinemann, Günther ^a   Kerschgens, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area averaging; Heterogeneous land surfaces; Model validation; Representativity of observations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AREA-AVERAGED SURFACE FLUXES; HETEROGENEOUS LAND SURFACES; SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY FLUX; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE ENERGY; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 33750396402     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-006-9107-z     Document Type: Article

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