An analytical framework for the modelling of the spatial interaction between the soil moisture and the atmosphere

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 19-34

  Castelli, Fabio ^a   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^b   Entekhabi, Dar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS; SURFACE WATERS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; FEEDBACK KERNEL; SOIL MOISTURE ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; SOIL MOISTURE BALANCE;

HYDROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE; MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0030251410     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)02966-4     Document Type: Article

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