Evaluation of the optimum interpolation and nudging techniques for soil moisture analysis using FIFE data

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1733-1756

  Douville, Hervé ^a,b   Viterbo, Pedro ^a   Mahfouf, Jean François ^a   Beljaars, Anton C M ^a  

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

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND SURFACE; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 0033911563     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<1733:EOTOIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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