Consistent parameterization of roughness length and displacement height for sparse and dense canopies in land models

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 730-737

  Zeng, Xubin ^a   Wang, Aihui ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY REFLECTANCE; DISPLACEMENT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PARAMETERIZATION; ROUGHNESS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TURBULENCE; WINTER;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34848870571     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM607.1     Document Type: Article

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