Southern Africa produces almost a third of the Earth's biomass burning (BB) aerosol
particles, yet the fate of these particles and their influence on regional and global climate is …

The aim of this article is to describe the reference configuration of the convection-permitting
numerical weather prediction (NWP) model HARMONIE-AROME, which is used for …

The energetic basis of the urban heat island Page 1 QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL
METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY Vol. JANUARY 1982 No. Quart. JR Met. Soc. (198Z), 108, pp …

Although long considered to be of marginal importance to global climate change,
tropospheric aerosol contributes substantially to radiative forcing, and anthropogenic sulfate …

A simple but realistic biosphere model has been developed for calculating the transfer of
energy, mass and momentum between the atmosphere and the vegetated surface of the …

The formulation of a revised land surface parameterization for use within atmospheric
general circulation models (GCMs) is presented. The model (SiB2) incorporates several …

Publisher Summary This chapter provides an overview of land surface processes and
climate-surface albedos, and attempts to bridge the gap between disciplinary studies of …

A detailed multiple-scattering model has been employed to investigate the sensitivity of
radiation profiles and flux divergences to changes in macrostructure and microstructure of …

A detailed description of the fourth-generation ECHAM model is presented. Compared to the
previous version, ECHAM-3, a number of substantial changes have been introduced in both …

During the last few years, the feasibility of deriving surface radiation budget (SRB)
components from satellite observations has been demonstrated and a better understanding …