Scale-dependency of surface fluxes in an atmospheric mesoscale model: Effect of spatial heterogeneity in atmospheric conditions

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 965-975

  Hong, Jinkyu ^a   Kim, Joon ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY COVARIANCE; HETEROGENEITY; PRAIRIE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 57349179894     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-15-965-2008     Document Type: Article

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