The impact of realistic biophysical parameters for eucalypts on the simulation of the January climate of Australia

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 595-612

  Peel, D R ^a   Pitman, A J ^a   Hughes, L A ^a   Narisma, G T ^a   Pielke Sr , R A ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric modeling; Biophysical parameters; Climate modeling; Eucalypt; Land surface processes; Regional Atmospheric Modeling System

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MAPPING; RAIN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SIMULATED RAINFALL;

HARDWOODS;

BIOPHYSICS; HEAT FLUX; LAND SURFACE; MODELING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EUCALYPTUS; MAPPING; METEOROLOGY; PLANTS; RAIN; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

EID: 9944235883     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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