Interactions of the land-surface with the atmospheric boundary layer

We study daytime land-atmosphere interaction using a one-dimensional (column) coupled land-surface - atmospheric boundary-Iayer (ABL) model and data sets gathered at Cabauw (1978, central Netherlands) and during the Hydrological and Atmospheric Pilot Experiment - Modélisation du Bilan Hydrique (HAPEX-MOBILHY, 1986, southwest France). The sensitivity of this interaction to the parameterization of soil hydraulic processes shows that the effects on surface fluxes and boundary layer development are largest for dry to moderate values of soil moisture, particularly for bare soil conditions. Boundary... Mehr ...