Improving the representation of hydrologic processes in Earth System Models

MP Clark, Y Fan, DM Lawrence… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Many of the scientific and societal challenges in understanding and preparing for global
environmental change rest upon our ability to understand and predict the water cycle …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in observing and modelling the urban boundary layer

JF Barlow - Urban Climate, 2014 - Elsevier
The urban boundary layer (UBL) is the part of the atmosphere in which most of the planet's
population now lives, and is one of the most complex and least understood microclimates …

Observed increase in local cooling effect of deforestation at higher latitudes

X Lee, ML Goulden, DY Hollinger, A Barr, TA Black… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Deforestation in mid-to high latitudes is hypothesized to have the potential to cool the Earth's
surface by altering biophysical processes,,. In climate models of continental-scale land …

The persistent challenge of surface heterogeneity in boundary-layer meteorology: a review

E Bou-Zeid, W Anderson, GG Katul, L Mahrt - Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2020 - Springer
Atmospheric boundary-layer dynamics over heterogeneous surfaces is significant to a wide
array of geophysical and engineering applications. Yet, despite over five decades of intense …

Reduction in human activity can enhance the urban heat island: Insights from the COVID-19 lockdown

TC Chakraborty, C Sarangi, X Lee - Environmental Research …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The COVID-19 lockdowns drastically reduced human activity, emulating a controlled
experiment on human–land–atmosphere coupling. Here, using a fusion of satellite and …

The role of surface roughness, albedo, and Bowen ratio on ecosystem energy balance in the Eastern United States

E Burakowski, A Tawfik, A Ouimette, L Lepine… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2018 - Elsevier
Land cover and land use influence surface climate through differences in biophysical
surface properties, including partitioning of sensible and latent heat (eg, Bowen ratio) …

100 years of progress in boundary layer meteorology

MA LeMone, WM Angevine… - Meteorological …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Over the last 100 years, boundary layer meteorology grew from the subject of mostly near-
surface observations to a field encompassing diverse atmospheric boundary layers (ABLs) …

Integrating continuous atmospheric boundary layer and tower-based flux measurements to advance understanding of land-atmosphere interactions

M Helbig, T Gerken, ER Beamesderfer… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2021 - Elsevier
The atmospheric boundary layer mediates the exchange of energy, matter, and momentum
between the land surface and the free troposphere, integrating a range of physical …

Connecting land–atmosphere interactions to surface heterogeneity in CHEESEHEAD19

BJ Butterworth, AR Desai… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-Balance Study Enabled by
a High-Density Extensive Array of Detectors 2019 (CHEESEHEAD19) is an ongoing …

Turbulence and coral reefs

KA Davis, G Pawlak… - Annual review of marine …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The interaction of coral reefs, both chemically and physically, with the surrounding seawater
is governed, at the smallest scales, by turbulence. Here, we review recent progress in …