Seasonal surface urban energy balance and wintertime stability simulated using three land-surface models in the high-latitude city Helsinki

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 142, Issue 694, 2016, Pages 401-417

  Karsisto, P ^a,b   Fortelius, C ^b   Demuzere, M ^c   Grimmond, C S B ^d   Oleson, K W ^e   Kouznetsov, R ^b,f   Masson, V ^g   Jarvi L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^g CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

CLM; Eddy covariance; High latitude; Stability; SUEWS; Surface energy balance; SURFEX; Urban

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ENERGY BALANCE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LATENT HEAT; SNOW; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; URBAN GROWTH; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT;

CLM; EDDY COVARIANCE; HIGH LATITUDES; SUEWS; SURFEX; URBAN;

HEAT FLUX;

EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; LAND SURFACE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE ENERGY; URBAN CLIMATE; WATER BUDGET;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84957845225     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2659     Document Type: Article

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