Variational analysis of effective soil moisture from screen-level atmospheric parameters: Application to a short-range weather forecast model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 559, 1999, Pages 2427-2448

  Rhodin, A ^a   Kucharski, F ^b   Callies, U ^b   Eppel, D P ^b   Wergen, W ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Soil moisture; Variational data assimilation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0033397692     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55904     Document Type: Article

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