Comparison of the land-surface interaction in the ECMWF reanalysis model with the 1987 FIFE data

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 186-198

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

^a Atmospheric Research   (United States)

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

^c Box 3125 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0000758092     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<0186:COTLSI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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