Development of the flux-adjusting surface data assimilation system for mesoscale models

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2331-2350

  Alapaty, Kiran ^a,g,h   Niyogi, Dev ^b   Chen, Fei ^c   Pyle, Patrick ^b,d   Chandrasekar, Anantharman ^e   Seaman, Nelson ^f  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g US Department of Energy Office of Science   (United States)

^h U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLUXES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VAPORS; WATER VAPOR;

AND MODELS; DATA ASSIMILATIONS; DO-MAINS; EVAPORATIVE FLUXES; FIELD VARIABLES; INITIAL SOIL MOISTURES; LAND SURFACES; MESOSCALE MODELS; MODEL SIMULATIONS; MOISTURE FIELDS; PROGNOSTIC EQUATIONS; SOIL TEMPERATURES; SUB MODELS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE DATUMS; SURFACE FLUXES; SURFACE LAYER TEMPERATURES; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE OBSERVATIONS; TIME STEPS; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIOS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MIXING RATIO; MODELING; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 57649236035     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1831.1     Document Type: Article

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