Variations in surface roughness of heterogeneous surfaces  in the Nagqu area of the Tibetan Plateau

Li, Maoshan; Liu, Xiaoran; Shu, Lei; Yin, Shucheng; Wang, Lingzhi; Fu, Wei; Ma, Yaoming; Yang, Yaoxian; Sun, Fanglin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2915-2021

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31 May 2021

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| 31 May 2021

Variations in surface roughness of heterogeneous surfaces in the Nagqu area of the Tibetan Plateau

Maoshan Li, Xiaoran Liu, Lei Shu, Shucheng Yin, Lingzhi Wang, Wei Fu, Yaoming Ma, Yaoxian Yang, and Fanglin Sun

Data sets

A long-term dataset of integrated land-atmosphere interaction observations on the Tibetan Plateau (2005-2016) Y. Ma https://doi.org/10.11888/Meteoro.tpdc.270910

Model code and software

code_for calculate z0m in Matlab M. Li and X. Liu https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4797701

Short summary

In this study, using MODIS satellite data and site atmospheric turbulence observation data in the Nagqu area of the northern Tibetan Plateau, with the Massman-retrieved model and a single height observation to determine aerodynamic surface roughness, temporal and spatial variation characteristics of the surface roughness were analyzed. The result is feasible, and it can be applied to improve the model parameters of the land surface model and the accuracy of model simulation in future work.