Modulation of land-use change impacts on temperature extremes via land–atmosphere coupling over Australia

Earth Interactions

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1-24

  Hirsch, A L ^a   Pitman, Andy J ^a   Kala, J ^a,b   Lorenz, R ^a   Donat, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Hydrometeorology; Land surface model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; SOIL MOISTURE;

CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; FORECASTING MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND SURFACE MODELING; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SURFACE TURBULENT FLUXES; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE CHANGE; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84947080276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/EI-D-15-0011.1     Document Type: Article

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