Papers Published

1. Segal, M. and Avissar, R. and McCumber, M.C. and Pielke, R.A., Evaluation of vegetation effects on the generation and modification of mesoscale circulations, J. Atmos. Sci. (USA), vol. 45 no. 16 (1988), pp. 2268 - 92 [1520-0469(1988)045<2268:EOVEOT>2.0.CO;2] .
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   Abstract:
   Evaluates (i) the effect of vegetated surfaces on modifying sea breeze and daytime thermally induced upslope flows; and (ii) the generation of thermally induced flow by vegetated areas contrasted by bare soil areas. In order to address these objectives, the following tasks were carried out: (1) previous documented studies with implication for (i) and (ii) are reviewed; (2) the main features of the thermal balance of vegetated surfaces are outlined qualitatively; (3) a quantitative evaluation of the various components in the thermal balance based on documented observational studies is provided; and (4) scale analyses and numerical model simulations are used to provide quantitative evaluations of the circulations involved with (i) and (ii) for several illustrative cases

   Keywords:
   atmospheric boundary layer;atmospheric movements;