The sensitivity of a land surface parameterization scheme to the choice of remotely sensed land-cover datasets

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1537-1555

  Oleson, K W ^a   Driese, K L ^b   Maslanik, J A ^a   Emery, W J ^a   Reiners, W A ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 0000141363     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1537:TSOALS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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