Application of improved ecosystem aerodynamics in regional weather forecasts

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Goncalves De Goncalves, L Gustavo ^a   Burke, Eleanor J ^a   Shuttleworth, W James ^a   Chou, Sin Chan ^b   Marengo, Jose A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic roughness; Aggregation; Regional weather forecasts

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 4444262778     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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