The anomalous rainfall over the United States during July 1993: Sensitivity to land surface parameterization and soil moisture anomalies

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 362-383

  Beljaars, Anton C M ^a,c   Viterbo, Pedro ^a   Miller, Martin J ^a   Betts, Alan K ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000427049     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<0362:TAROTU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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