Downscaling climate over complex terrain: High finescale (<1000 m) spatial variation of near-ground temperatures in a montane forested landscape (Great Smoky Mountains)

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1033-1049

  Fridley, Jason D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WARMING; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DAILY TEMPERATURES; DOWN-SCALING; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS; GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; GROUND TEMPERATURE; GROUND-LEVEL; LANDSCAPE POSITIONS; LAPSE RATE; LARGE REGIONS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; NORTH CAROLINA; RADIATION LOAD; REGIONAL WEATHER; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT; SPATIAL MODELS; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SYNOPTIC WEATHER PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE REGIMES; VEGETATION COVER; WATER BALANCE;

FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARKS; PERMITTIVITY; SENSOR NETWORKS; SOIL MOISTURE;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DOWNSCALING; MICROCLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649206714     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC2084.1     Document Type: Article

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