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The so-called ‘force-restore method’ has been used with considerable success in numerical weather prediction models to simulate diurnal variations of ground temperature. This note demonstrates that the force-restore equation is no more nor less than an approximation to the surface-energy-balance equation. The applicability of the method to the case of multi-component heating functions and to the case in which the soil is covered by a litter layer is discussed.
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Yee, S.Y.K. The force-restore method revisited. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 43, 85–90 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00153970
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00153970