Simulating 3-D radiative transfer effects over the Sierra Nevada Mountains using WRF

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 9965-9976

  Gu, Y ^a   Liou, K N ^a   Lee, W L ^b   Leung, L R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; DIURNAL VARIATION; LAND SURFACE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOWMELT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868708321     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-9965-2012     Document Type: Article

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