Modelling surface-air-temperature variation over complex terrain around Abisko, Swedish Lapland: Uncertainties of measurements and models at different scales

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-112

  Yang, Zhenlin ^a,b,c   Hanna, Edward ^a   Callaghan, Terry V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lake; Lapland; Modelling; Solar radiation; Temperature; Topoclimate

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; COUPLING; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MICROCLIMATE; MICROMETEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABISKO; LAPLAND; NORRBOTTEN; SWEDEN;

EID: 79957605737     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2011.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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