Impact of soil moisture heterogeneity length scale and gradients on daytime coupled land-cloudy boundary layer interactions

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1988-2003

  Huang, Hsin Yuan ^a   Margulis, Steven A ^b  

^a Los Angeles   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Cloud development; Coupled model; Land atmosphere interaction; Surface soil moisture heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; CLOUD DEVELOPMENT; CLOUDY BOUNDARY LAYERS; COUPLED MODELS; LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; SURFACE HETEROGENEITIES; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FORESTRY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LIQUIDS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; ENTRAINMENT; HETEROGENEITY; MICROMETEOROLOGY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 84879888291     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9351     Document Type: Article

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