The land surface‐atmosphere interaction: A review based on observational and global modeling perspectives

AK Betts, JH Ball, ACM Beljaars… - Journal of …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
This review discusses the land‐surface‐atmosphere interaction using observations from
two North American field experiments (First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology …

Albedo over the boreal forest

AK Betts, JH Ball - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Using the Boreal Ecosystem‐Atmosphere Study mesonet data, we show the annual cycle of
albedo for 1994 and 1995 at 10 sites; two over grass, one over an aspen forest, and an …

[HTML][HTML] FIFE surface climate and site-average dataset 1987–89

AK Betts, JH Ball - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 1998 - journals.ametsoc.org
This paper analyzes the First ISLSCP (International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project)
Field Experiment site-average datasets for near-surface meteorology, soil moisture, and …

The FIFE surface diurnal cycle climate

AK Betts, JH Ball - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze the diurnal cycle of the 2‐m thermodynamic data averaged over the First
International Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment site near Manhattan, …

Effects of parathyroid hormone on plasma and urinary adenosine 3′, 5′-monophosphate in man

…, JG Hardman, DJ Jones, JH Ball… - The Journal of …, 1970 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The effects of parathyroid hormone (PTH) on plasma and urinary adenosine 3′,5′-monophosphate
(cyclic AMP) levels were studied in normal subjects. Under basal conditions …

[PDF][PDF] Coupling between land-surface boundary-layer parameterizations and rainfall on local and regional scales: Lessons from the wet summer of 1993

AK Betts, JH Ball, ACM Beljaars, MJ Miller… - Fifth Symp. on Global …, 1994 - alanbetts.com
… which we used to approximate the FIFE July and August BL data in Betts and Ball, 1993.
A 12-… Betts, AK and JH Ball, 1993: Budget analysis of FIFE-1987 sonde data. JGR (conditionally …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the ERA-40 surface water budget and surface temperature for the Mackenzie River basin

AK Betts, JH Ball, P Viterbo - Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2003 - journals.ametsoc.org
The systematic biases in temperature and precipitation, and the surface water budget of
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) 40-yr reanalysis (ERA-40) for …

Budget analysis of FIFE 1987 sonde data

AK Betts, JH Ball - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Mean thermodynamic profiles are presented for the daytime convective boundary layer
evolution for three groups of sunny days in late June and early July, August, and October using …

Surface diurnal cycle and boundary layer structure over Rondōnia during the rainy season

…, JD Fuentes, M Garstang, JH Ball - Journal of Geophysical …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
An integrated data set with simultaneous observations at the surface, from tethered balloons
within the boundary layer and from rawinsonde ascents, was collected during the wet …

Comparison between the land surface response of the ECMWF model and the FIFE‐1987 data

AK Betts, JH Ball, ACM Beljaars - Quarterly Journal of the …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
An averaged time series for the surface data for the 15 × 15 km FIFE site was prepared for
the summer of 1987. Comparisons with 48‐Hour forecasts from the ECMWF model for …