Properties of a simulated convective boundary layer over inhomogeneous vegetation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 654, 2011, Pages 99-117

  Wang, Chan ^a   Tian, Wenshou ^a   Parker, Douglas J ^b   Marsham, John H ^b   Guo, Zhenhai ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Heterogeneity effect; Surface inhomogeneities; Thermal convection

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND WINDS; BARE SOILS; BOUNDARY-LAYER MODEL; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; DEEP CONVECTION; GEOSTROPHIC WINDS; HETEROGENEITY EFFECTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; LAND SURFACE; LIGHT WIND; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; MODEL SIMULATION; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SECONDARY CIRCULATION; STRIP SURFACE; SURFACE HETEROGENEITIES; SURFACE INHOMOGENEITIES; SURFACE PATCHES; SURFACE PATTERN; THERMAL CONVECTIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRIP; VERTICAL WIND; WIND SPEED;

ALIGNMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; NATURAL CONVECTION; SOILS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION; WIND;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MESOSCALE MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMAL CONVECTION; VEGETATION COVER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79251523218     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.724     Document Type: Article

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