Evaluation of a fully coupled large-eddy simulation-land surface model and its diagnosis of land-atmosphere feedbacks

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Huang, Hsin Yuan ^a   Margulis, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR PROPERTIES; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; ATMOSPHERIC FEEDBACKS; ATMOSPHERIC PROPERTIES; COUPLED INTERACTION; COUPLED MODELS; COUPLED PROCESS; DIRECT IMPACT; DIURNAL CYCLE; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FULLY-COUPLED; LAND SURFACE MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL TOWER; MODEL OUTPUTS; NEAR-SURFACE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SIMULATED RESULTS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; VEGETATION COVER; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FEEDBACK; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE; VEGETATION; WIND EFFECTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; LAND SURFACE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MICROMETEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 77954412193     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008232     Document Type: Article

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