Impact of the ECMWF reanalysis soil water on forecasts of the July 1993 Mississippi flood

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D16, 1999, Pages 19361-19366

  Viterbo, Pedro ^a   Betts, Alan K ^b  

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

^b Atmospheric Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL WATER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033609594     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900449     Document Type: Article

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