Surface energy and water balance for the Arkansas-Red River basin from the ECMWF reanalysis

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2881-2897

  Betts, Alan K ^a   Viterbo, Pedro ^b   Wood, Eric ^c  

^a ECMWF ^*  (United States)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVER CONTROL; STREAM FLOW;

WATER BALANCE;

RIVERS;

BASIN ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SURFACE ENERGY; WATER BUDGET;

ARKANSAS; RED RIVER BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032215968     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2881:SEAWBF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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