Sensitivity of MM5-simulated planetary boundary layer height to soil dataset: Comparison of soil and atmospheric effects

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 577-590

  Breuer, Hajnalka ^a   Ács, Ferenc ^a   Laza, Borbála ^a   Horváth, Ákos ^b   Matyasovszky, István ^a   Rajkai, Kálmán ^c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b HUNGARIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Hungary)

^c Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLAY SOIL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; LOAMY SAND; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE;

CARPATHIAN BASIN;

EID: 84864429805     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0597-y     Document Type: Article

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