Evaluation of surface flux parameterizations with long-term ARM observations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 773-797

  Liu, Gang ^a,b   Liu, Yangang ^a   Endo, Satoshi ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Parameterization; Surface fluxes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; LONG-TERM OBSERVATIONS; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; SURFACE FLUX; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER CONTENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PARAMETERIZATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; BOWEN RATIO; LAND SURFACE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE FLUX;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84875027662     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00095.1     Document Type: Article

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