Treatment of soil, vegetation and snow in land surface models: A test of the Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme with the HAPEX-MOBILHY, ABRACOS and Russian data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 212-213, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 109-127

  Yang, Zong Liang ^a   Dickinson, Robert E ^a   Shuttleworth, W James ^a   Shaikh, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosphere Atmosphere Transfer Scheme; Global climate models; Land surface models; Snow; Soil hydrology; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE-ATMOSPHERE TRANSFER SCHEME (BATS); GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; SNOW; SOILS; VEGETATION;

HYDROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; SNOW; SOIL; VEGETATION;

EID: 0032442959     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00205-4     Document Type: Article

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