The Global Soil Moisture Data Bank

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1281-1299

  Robock, Alan ^a   Vinnikov, Konstantin Y ^b   Srinivasan, Govindarajalu ^a   Entin, Jared K ^c   Hollinger, Steven E ^d   Speranskaya, Nina A ^e   Liu, Suxia ^f   Namkhai, A ^g  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^e STATE HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^g Environ Consult and Assess Co   (Mongolia)

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EID: 0001207457     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<1281:TGSMDB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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