Comparison of model land skin temperature with remotely sensed estimates and assessment of surface-atmosphere coupling

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 12,096-12,111

  Trigo, I F ^a,b   Boussetta, S ^c   Viterbo, P ^a,b   Balsamo, G ^c   Beljaars, A ^c   Sandu, I ^c  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COUPLING; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENERGY FLUX; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; LAND SURFACE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; METEOSAT; REMOTE SENSING; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84958763285     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023812     Document Type: Article

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