Enhanced modeling of latent heat flux from urban surfaces in the Noah/single-layer urban canopy coupled model

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2408-2416

  Miao, ShiGuang ^a   Chen, Fei ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

land surface model; latent heat flux; numerical simulation; surface energy balance; urban; urban canopy model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LATENT HEAT; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

LAND SURFACE MODELING; LAND-ATMOSPHERE COUPLINGS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL TOWER; OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS; URBAN; URBAN CANOPY MODELS; URBAN IMPERVIOUS SURFACES;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84920254123     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: 18691897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-014-4829-0     Document Type: Article

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