Radiative transfer over resolved topographic features for high-resolution weather prediction

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 664, 2012, Pages 720-733

  Manners, J ^a   Vosper, S B ^a   Roberts, N ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Land surface; Radiation parametrisation; Shading; Sky view; Slope

Indexed keywords

LAND SURFACE; PARAMETRISATION; SHADING; SKY-VIEW; SLOPE;

LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WAVES;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ALBEDO; CLEAR SKY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84856977034     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.956     Document Type: Article

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