Lynn et al. 1995
Lynn, B.H., F. Abramopoulos, and R. Avissar, 1995: Using similarity theory to parameterize mesoscale heat fluxes generated by subgrid-scale landscape discontinuities in GCMs. J. Climate, 8, 932-951, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<0932:USTTPM>2.0.CO;2.
Similarity theory was used to develop a parameterization of mesoscale heat fluxes induced by landscape discontinuities for large-scale atmospheric models (eg General Circulation Models). For this purpose, Buckingham Pi Theory, a systematic method for performing dimensional analysis, was used to derive a set of dimensionless groups, which describes the large-scale atmospheric background conditions, the spatial variability of surface sensible heat flux, and the characteristic structure of the landscape. These dimensionless groups were used to calculate the coefficients of a fourth-order Chebyshev polynomial, which represents the vertical profiles of dimensionless mesoscale heat fluxes obtained for a broad range of large-scale atmospheric conditions and different landscapes. The numerous three-dimensional numerical experiments performed to evaluate this similarity relationship suggest that the parameterization is quite robust.
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Lynn, B.H., Abramopoulos, F., and Avissar, R.: Using similarity theory to parameterize mesoscale heat fluxes generated by subgrid-scale landscape discontinuities in GCMs, J. Climate, 8, 932-951, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<0932:USTTPM>2.0.CO;2, 1995.
Lynn, B.H., F. Abramopoulos, and R. Avissar (1995), Using similarity theory to parameterize mesoscale heat fluxes generated by subgrid-scale landscape discontinuities in GCMs, J. Climate, 8, 932-951, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<0932:USTTPM>2.0.CO;2.
Lynn, B.H., F. Abramopoulos, and R. Avissar, 1995: Using similarity theory to parameterize mesoscale heat fluxes generated by subgrid-scale landscape discontinuities in GCMs. J. Climate, 8, 932-951, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<0932:USTTPM>2.0.CO;2.
Lynn, B.H., Abramopoulos, F., & Avissar, R. 1995, J. Climate, 8, 932, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<0932:USTTPM>2.0.CO;2.
Lynn BH, Abramopoulos F, Avissar R. Using similarity theory to parameterize mesoscale heat fluxes generated by subgrid-scale landscape discontinuities in GCMs, J Climate 1995;8:932-951. doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<0932:USTTPM>2.0.CO;2.
B.H. Lynn, F. Abramopoulos, R. Avissar, J. Climate 8, 932-951, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<0932:USTTPM>2.0.CO;2 (1995).
