MM5 v3.6.1 and WRF v3.5.1 model comparison of standard and surface energy variables in the development of the planetary boundary layer

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2693-2707

  Wilmot, C S M ^a   Rappengluck B ^a   Li, X ^a   Cuchiara, G ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EVAPORATION; FORECASTING METHOD; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOLAR RADIATION;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911360192     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-2693-2014     Document Type: Article

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