Using a Soil Hydrology Model to obtain regionally averaged soil moisture values

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 353-363

  Crawford, Todd M ^a   Stensrud, David J ^a   Carlson, Toby N ^b   Capehart, William J ^c  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0034349599     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2000)001<0353:UASHMT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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