On the dynamical coupling of large-scale spatial patterns of rainfall and soil moisture

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 290-311

  Castelli, Fabio ^a   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC WAVE; DYNAMIC FEEDBACK; FLUID DYNAMICS; RAINFALL POTENTIAL; SOIL MOISTURE PATTERN;

EID: 0029750715     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v48i2.12061     Document Type: Article

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