Soil moisture-atmosphere interactions during the 2003 European summer heat wave

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 5081-5099

  Fischer, E M ^a   Seneviratne, S I ^a   Vidale, P L ^b   Luthi D ^a   Schar C ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; LATENT HEAT; SEAWATER; SOIL MOISTURE;

ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; SOIL MOISTURE-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; SUMMER HEAT WAVE; SURFACE NET RADIATION;

METEOROLOGY;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; HEAT BALANCE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 34249867038     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4288.1     Document Type: Article

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