Impact of 3-D topography on surface radiation budget over the Tibetan Plateau

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 95-103

  Lee, Wei Liang ^a   Liou, K N ^b   Wang, Chia chi ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

^c CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOWMELT; SOLAR RADIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84879506329     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0767-y     Document Type: Article

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