High-resolution simulations of the night-time stable boundary layer over snow

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 680, 2014, Pages 1121-1128

  Savijärvi, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

1 D models; Radiation; Snow; Stable boundary layer; Surface coupling; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COOLING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; TURBULENCE;

1-D MODELS; HEATING/COOLING RATE; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; LARGE-SCALE MODELS; NOCTURNAL TEMPERATURE; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; SURFACE COUPLING; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOW COVER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84899491797     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2187     Document Type: Article

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