Convective planetary boundary layer interactions with the land surface at diurnal time scales: Diagnostics and feedbacks

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1082-1097

  Santanello Jr , Joseph A ^a,b   Friedl, Mark A ^c   Ek, Michael B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; COUPLING; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND SURFACE; MIXED LAYER; PLANET; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 36349036605     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM614.1     Document Type: Article

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