Generating surfaces of daily meteorological variables over large regions of complex terrain

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 190, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 214-251

  Thornton, Peter E ^a   Running, Steven W ^a   White, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; HUMIDITY; PRECIPITATION;

USA, (NORTHWEST);

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

COMPLEX TERRAIN; LARGE REGIONS;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 0030615723     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03128-9     Document Type: Article

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