Modeling feedbacks between a boreal forest and the planetary boundary layer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Hill, T C ^a   Williams, M ^a   Moncrieff, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FEEDBACK; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SIMULATORS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS; BIOSPHERE MODELS; BIOSPHERE SYSTEMS; BLACK SPRUCE; BOREAL FORESTS; CANOPY ROUGHNESS; COUPLED SYSTEMS; EDDY COVARIANCE; FIELD CAMPAIGN; HYDRAULIC LIMITATIONS; MODERATING EFFECT; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER MODELS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; RADIOSONDE DATAS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SOIL DATA; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER MIXING RATIO;

BIOSPHERICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOREAL FOREST; BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY COVARIANCE; FOREST CANOPY; METEOROLOGY; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 71949083002     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009412     Document Type: Article

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