Assessment of atmospheric boundary-layer processes represented in the numerical model MM5 for a clear sky day using LASPEX observations

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 159-177

  Sanjay, J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Indian region; Land surface processes; Mesoscale model; Surface energy balance

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOILS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE TENSION; TROPOSPHERE; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; INDIAN REGION; LAND SURFACE PROCESSES; MESOSCALE MODEL; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLEAR SKY; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; TURBULENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 53649084186     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-008-9298-6     Document Type: Article

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