The sensitivity of surface fluxes to soil water content in three land surface schemes

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-134

  Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a   Zeng, Fanrong J ^a   Ducharne, Agnès ^b   Morrill, Jean C ^c   Koster, Randal D ^b  

^a Ctr for Ocean Land Atmosphere Stds   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0034164232     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2000)001<0121:TSOSFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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