Development and evaluation of a mosaic approach in the WRF-Noah framework

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 11,918-11,935

  Li, Dan ^a   Bou Zeid, Elie ^a   Barlage, Michael ^b   Chen, Fei ^b   Smith, James A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

mosaic; Noah; surface heterogeneity; urban; WRF

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; RAIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MOSAIC; NOAH; SURFACE HETEROGENEITIES; URBAN; WRF;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ENERGY BALANCE; HETEROGENEITY; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84889803903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020657     Document Type: Article

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