TY - JOUR
T1 - Mesoscale fluxes over heterogeneous flat landscapes for use in larger scale models
AU - Pielke, Roger A.
AU - Zeng, Xubin
AU - Lee, Tsengdar J.
AU - Dalu, Giovanni A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under grant no. ATM-8915265 and ATM-9306754, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under grant no. NAG 5-2078, S-01, and the Climate System Modeling Program through subcontract no. UCAR S9361. The review of this paper by Roni Avissar was very much appreciated. The paper was ably edited by Dallas McDonald.
PY - 1997/3/15
Y1 - 1997/3/15
N2 - We have developed a framework to parameterize mesoscale fluxes of heat, moisture, and momentum, in a cloud-free environment, which result from heterogeneous heating of flat land surfaces. The importance and parameterizability of these mesoscale fluxes is demonstrated using the mathematical concept of predictability. This methodology is used to estimate the relative importance of mesoscale, as contrasted with turbulent fluxes, in the Konza Prairie of Kansas during the FIFE field experiment.
AB - We have developed a framework to parameterize mesoscale fluxes of heat, moisture, and momentum, in a cloud-free environment, which result from heterogeneous heating of flat land surfaces. The importance and parameterizability of these mesoscale fluxes is demonstrated using the mathematical concept of predictability. This methodology is used to estimate the relative importance of mesoscale, as contrasted with turbulent fluxes, in the Konza Prairie of Kansas during the FIFE field experiment.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03132-0
DO - 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03132-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030778889
VL - 190
SP - 317
EP - 336
JO - Journal of Hydrology
JF - Journal of Hydrology
SN - 0022-1694
IS - 3-4
ER -