Diagnosing evaporative fraction over land from boundary-layer clouds

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 8185-8196

  Gentine, Pierre ^a   Ferguson, Craig R ^b   Holtslag, Albert A M ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Bowen Ratio; Data Assimilation; Evaporative Fraction; Shallow Cumulus; Surface Energy Budget

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY;

BOWEN RATIO; DATA ASSIMILATION; EVAPORATIVE FRACTION; SHALLOW CUMULUS; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET;

CLOUDS;

BOWEN RATIO; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENERGY BUDGET; EVAPORATION; FRACTIONATION; SURFACE ENERGY; TROPOSPHERE;

GREAT PLAINS; NETHERLANDS; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84884166514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50416     Document Type: Article

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