A soil moisture-rainfall feedback mechanism 1. Theory and observations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 765-776

  Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK MECHANISM; SOIL MOISTURE/RAINFALL;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FEEDBACK; FEEDBACK CONTROL; HEAT FLUX; INFRARED RADIATION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; RAIN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOILS; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER CONTENT; WATER RECYCLING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; LAND ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; PRECIPITATION RECYCLING; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TERRESTRIAL RADIATION;

SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 0031947959     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR03499     Document Type: Article

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