A comparison of the MM5 and the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System simulations for land-atmosphere interactions under varying soil moisture

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-18

  Suarez, Astrid ^a,d   Mahmood, Rezaul ^a   Quintanar, Arturo I ^a,e   Beltrán Przekurat, Adriana ^b   Pielke Sr , Roger ^c  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Deere and Company   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Land surface models; MM5; Planetary boundary layer; RAMS; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAND SURFACE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; WIND VELOCITY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 84894505704     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v66.21486     Document Type: Article

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