Session 4 Theoretical and applied studies of interactions between the atmosphere and the land surface

Wednesday, 16 August 2000: 1:30 PM-5:15 PM
Host: 24th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Organizers:
Alan G. Barr, Meteorological Service of Canada, Saskatoon, SK and David R. Miller, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Papers:
1:30 PM
4.1
Investigation of Near-Surface Soil Freezing and Thawing in North America
Tingjun Zhang, CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. L. Armstrong and J. Smith

1:45 PM
4.2
Determining scalar fluxes over an old-growth forest using surface renewal
Donatella Spano, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy; and R. L. Snyder, P. Duce, K. T. Paw U, and M. Falk

2:00 PM
4.3
Recent Improvements to the Meyers Multi-layer Dry Deposition Model
Bart Brashers, NOAA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and Y. Wu and P. L. Finkelstein

2:15 PM
4.4
Variation of air temperature in a gully in Eastern Kansas during nocturnal periods
Jerry L. Hatfield, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA; and J. H. Prueger and L. Mahrt

2:30 PM
4.5
Spatially distributed hydrologic-biophysical modeling: applications in precision agriculture
Charles Rodgers, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Mecikalski, C. Molling, J. Norman, C. Kucharik, and C. Morgan

2:45 PM
4.6
Model calculated soil moisture or precipitation for yield modeling?
Seth E. Snell, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; and L. Scuderi, R. Kaufmann, and S. Gopal

3:00 PM
4.7
Improvement of the Canadian Land Surface Scheme (CLASS) under Stable Conditions
Aisheng Wu, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and D. L. Verseghy

3:15 PM
4.8
3:31 PM
4.10
A spectral analysis of biosphere-atmosphere trace gas flux densities and meteorological variables across hour to year time scales
Dennis Baldocchi, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and E. Falge and K. Wilson

3:45 PM
4.11
Observations on the role of treeline in controlling atmospheric circulations
Jason Beringer, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and F. S. Chapin III, I. McHugh, and N. J. Tapper

4:00 PM
4.12
Feedbacks between the atmospheric boundary layer and terrestrial ecosystems: implications for global-scale modelling
Peter Levy, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Penicuik, Midlothian, United Kingdom; and C. Huntingford

4:15 PM
4.13
Spectral Transfer of Velocity—Temperature Correlation for Inhomogeneous Turbulence for Atmosphere-Land Interaction
Sukaran Ram Patel, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil

4:30 PM
4.14
Crop modeling in Namibia
Albert J. Calitz, Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development, Windhoek, Namibia; and A. L. du Pisani

4:45 PM
4.6A
Afternoon Coffee Break

- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
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