Influence of the spatial distribution of vegetation and soils on the prediction of cumulus convective rainfall

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 151-177

  Pielke R A , Sr ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; CUMULUS; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SOIL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

EID: 0034936141     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RG000072     Document Type: Article

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