Numerical analysis of air-water-heat flow in unsaturated soil: Is it necessary to consider airflow in land surface models?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Zeng, Yijian ^a,b   Su, Zhongbo ^b   Wan, Li ^a   Wen, Jun ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DISPERSIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER VAPOR;

AIR PRESSURES; COUPLED MASS; DRY AIR; EQUATION SYSTEMS; EVAPORATION RATE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LIQUID FLUX; MECHANICAL DISPERSION; SINGLE PHASE; UNSATURATED SOIL; WATER PHASE;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DISPERSION; HEAT FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; LAND SURFACE; MASS TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER FLOW; WATER VAPOR;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 80155173127     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015835     Document Type: Article

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