Evaluation of the AMIP soil moisture simulations

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 19, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 181-208

  Robock, Alan ^a,b   Schlosser, C Adam ^a,c   Vinnikov, Konstantin Ya ^a   Speranskaya, Nina A ^d   Entin, Jared K ^a   Qiu, Shuang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ctr Ocean Land Atmosphere Studs   (United States)

^d STATE HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Climate; Field capacity; General circulation models; Moisture; Simulation; Soil

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOUNDARY LAYER; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 0031741051     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(98)00047-2     Document Type: Article

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