Development and evaluation of a coupled photosynthesis-based gas exchange evapotranspiration model (GEM) for mesoscale weather forecasting applications

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 349-368

  Niyogi, Dev ^a   Alapaty, Kiran ^b   Raman, Sethu ^c   Chen, Fei ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED RESEARCHES; ATMOSPHERE MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; CORN FIELDS; COUPLED MODELS; COUPLED SYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION MODELS; GAS EXCHANGE; HARDWOOD FORESTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LAND SURFACE SCHEME; LEAF AREA INDEX; MESOSCALE; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODELING SYSTEMS; NATURAL SURFACE; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PRAIRIE GRASS; RESISTANCE MODELS; SOIL TEMPERATURE MODELS; SOIL-VEGETATION-ATMOSPHERE TRANSFERS; STOMATAL RESISTANCE; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE CONDITIONS; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE; SURFACE ENERGY FLUXES; SURFACE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SURFACE FLUX; VEGETATION CONDITION; WEATHER FORECAST MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING MODEL; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; GEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE RESISTANCE; SURFACE TENSION; TRANSPIRATION; TROPOSPHERE; TUNING; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPLEXITY; COUPLING; ENERGY FLUX; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GAS EXCHANGE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARIES; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRONS; EVAPORATION; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; GEMS; GROUND WATER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 66149117035     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1662.1     Document Type: Article

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