A MODIFIED PARAMETERIZATION OF FLUX-PROFILE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SURFACE-LAYER USING DIFFERENT ROUGHNESS LENGTH VALUES FOR HEAT AND MOMENTUM

Authors
MASCART P NOILHAN J GIORDANI H
Citation
P. Mascart et al., A MODIFIED PARAMETERIZATION OF FLUX-PROFILE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SURFACE-LAYER USING DIFFERENT ROUGHNESS LENGTH VALUES FOR HEAT AND MOMENTUM, Boundary - layer meteorology, 72(4), 1995, pp. 331-344
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Journal title
Boundary - layer meteorology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00068314
Volume
72
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
331 - 344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8314(1995)72:4<331:AMPOFR>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The surface-layer flux-profile formulae of Louis (1979), used in many atmospheric models, are modified in a simple way to allow for differen t values of the roughness lengths for heat and momentum. The modified set of formulae simplifies the calculation of surface-layer fluxes ove r most natural land surfaces, where the roughness length for momentum can be almost an order of magnitude greater than that for heat.