Coupled atmosphere-biophysics-hydrology models for environmental modeling

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 931-944

  Walko, Robert L ^a   Band, Larry E ^b   Baron, Jill ^c   Kittel, Timothy G F ^d   Lammers, Richard ^e   Lee, Tsengdar J ^f   Ojima, Dennis ^c   Pielke Sr , Roger A ^a   Taylor, Chris ^g   Tague, Christina ^h   Tremback, Craig J ⁱ   Vidale, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f PRC Inc   (United States)

^g CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; CLIMATE FORCING; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING;

EID: 0033867180     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2000)039<0931:CABHMF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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