Which type of soil-vegetation-atmosphere transfer scheme is needed for general circulation models: A proposal for a higher-order scheme

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 212-213, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 136-154

  Avissar, Roni ^a  

^a Center for Environmental Prediction   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric modeling; Land atmosphere interactions; Soil vegetation atmosphere transfer scheme

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS; VEGETATION;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); SOIL-VEGETATION-ATMOSPHERE TRANSFER (SVAT) SCHEME;

HYDROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; DATA PROCESSING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODELING;

EID: 0032443581     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00227-3     Document Type: Article

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