Influence of karst landscape on planetary boundary layer atmosphere: A weather research and forecasting (wrf) model-based investigation

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1512-1529

  Leeper, Ronnie ^a   Mahmood, Rezaul ^a   Quintanar, Arturo I ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Fluxes; Land surface model; Regional models; Runoff; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; KARST; KARST HYDROLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MODEL TEST; RESEARCH WORK; RUNOFF; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

KENTUCKY; PENNYROYAL PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858250068     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JHM1260.1     Document Type: Article

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