Sensitivity of mesoscale surface dynamics to surface soil and vegetation contrasts over the Carolina Sandhills

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 164, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 1547-1576

  Boyles, Ryan ^a   Raman, Sethu ^a   Sims, Aaron ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land surface variation; North Carolina; Soils

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; LAND SURFACE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548303224     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-007-0227-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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