Sensitivity of simulated surface fluxes to changes in land surface parameterizations - A study using ABRACOS data

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 386-400

  Xue, Yongkang ^a   Bastable, Heidi G ^b   Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a   Sellers, Piers J ^c  

^a Ctr Ocean Land Atmosphere Studs   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRACOS; SIMPLE BIOSPHERE MODEL; SIMULATED SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 0030471787     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0386:SOSSFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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