Basin-scale surface water and energy budgets for the Mississippi from the ECMWF reanalysis

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D16, 1999, Pages 19293-19306

  Betts, Alan K ^a   Ball, John H ^a   Viterbo, Pedro ^b  

^a Atmospheric Research   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; WATER BUDGET; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033609651     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jd900056     Document Type: Article

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