Planetary boundary layer energetics simulated from a regional climate model over Europe for present climate and climate change conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Sanchez E ^a   Yague C ^b   Gaertner, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

BOWEN RATIO; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGETICS; KINETIC ENERGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34548021886     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028340     Document Type: Article

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