Evaluation and comparison of Noah and Pleim-Xiu land surface models in MM5 using GÖTE2001 data: Spatial and temporal variations in near-surface air temperature

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1587-1605

  Miao, Jun Feng ^a   Chen, D ^a   Borne, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; METEOROLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; SWEDEN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; LAND SURFACE MODELS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; LAND SURFACE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GOTEBORG; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

EID: 36549002282     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2561.1     Document Type: Article

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