Rigorous evaluation of a soil heat transfer model for mesoscale climate change impact studies

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 149-162

  Muerth, Markus ^a   Mauser, Wolfram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy balance; GLOWA Danube; Land surface; Mesoscale; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

CANOPY PARAMETER; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CONDUCTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; ENERGY FLUXES; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE IMPACTS; GLOWA-DANUBE; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LAND-COVER TYPES; LOWER BOUNDARY; LOWER BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MESOSCALE; METEOROLOGICAL INPUT; MINIMAL MODEL; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; PHASE SHIFT ERRORS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POTENTIAL MODEL; PROCESS-ORIENTED MODEL; REGIONAL SCALE; RESEARCH TOPICS; RIGOROUS EVALUATION; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL FREEZING; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYSTEMATIC MODELS; TOP SOILS; TRANSFER SCHEME; VARIABLE TIME-STEP; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENERGY BALANCE; ERRORS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; RESEARCH; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND COVER; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TYPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

DANUBE RIVER;

EID: 84860212812     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.02.017     Document Type: Article

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