The structure parameter of temperature induced by surface heterogeneity in the convective boundary layer: Idealised WRF large eddy simulations

Jian Zhong1, Xiaoming Cai1, Rick M. Thomas1,2, Lee Chapman1, Andrew Quinn3,4 and A Rob MacKenzie1,4, (1)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom, (2)Big Sky Science Ltd, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, United Kingdom, (3)University of Birmingham, School of Engineering, Birmingham, United Kingdom, (4)Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom