Asymmetric recovery from wet versus dry soil moisture anomalies

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 94-109

  Brubaker, Kaye L ^a,b   Entekhabi, Dara ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAYED RECOVERY; HYDROLOGICAL ANOMALY; LAND/ATMOSPHERE MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; SOIL MOISTURE FLUX;

EID: 0029749840     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0094:ARFWVD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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