Characterising the landcover of the Australian continent for incorporation into high spatial resolution GCMs

Author

Graetz, R.D. ; Wilson, M.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Wildlife & Ecology, CSIRO, Lyneham, ACT, Australia

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

178

Abstract

In the pursuit of an enhanced understanding of the consequences of and management options for climate change, high spatial resolution, nested GCMs are being developed for the Australian continent. To parameterise the exchange of momentum, energy and mass between the landcover and the atmosphere within such models requires (at least) datasets of aerodynamic roughness (z0), albedo (α) and surface resistance (r*_s)

Keywords

atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric movements; geology; meteorology; topography (Earth); Australia; Australian continent; atmosphere; boundary layer; energy transfer; general circulation model; high spatial resolution GCM; land surface roughness; landcover; meteorology; momentum exchange; nested numerical model; parameterise; parameterization; surface layer; surface resistance; topography; vegetation; Aerodynamics; Australia; Continents; Land surface; Rough surfaces; Sea surface; Spatial resolution; Surface resistance; Surface roughness; Surface topography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399073

Filename

399073