Intensified land surface control on boundary layer growth in a changing climate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1290-1294

  Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a   Wang, Zaiyu ^a   Mbuh, Mbongowo J ^a   Norton, Holly E ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; CMIP5; LCL; sensible heat; sensitivity; soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

BOUNDARY LAYER GROWTH; CMIP5; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS; LCL; LIFTING CONDENSATION LEVELS; SENSIBLE HEAT; SENSITIVITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONDENSATION; DATA SET; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE CHANGE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 84894470543     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058826     Document Type: Article

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