Atmospheric CO2 modeling at the regional scale: An intercomparison of 5 meso-scale atmospheric models

Biogeosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1115-1126

  Sarrat, C ^a   Noilhan, J ^a   Dolman, A J ^b   Gerbig, C ^c   Ahmadov, R ^c   Tolk, L F ^b   Meesters, A G C A ^b   Hutjes, R W A ^d   Ter Maat, H W ^d   Perez Landa G ^e   Donier, S ^e  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 37249026437     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-4-1115-2007     Document Type: Article

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