Influences of model parameterization schemes on the response of rainfall to soil moisture in the central United States

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1786-1802

  Pan, Zaitao ^a   Takle, Eugene ^a   Segal, Moti ^a   Turner, Richard ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000124411     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1786:IOMPSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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