Analysis of model-calculated soil moisture over the United States (1931-1993) and applications to long-range temperature forecasts

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1350-1362

  Huang, Jin ^a,d   Van Den Dool, Huug M ^a   Georgakakos, Konstantine P ^a,b,c  

^a Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

^b HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; LONG RANGE FORECAST; PRECIPITATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE FORECAST;

USA;

EID: 0030434716     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1350:AOMCSM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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