Feedback between the land surface energy balance and atmospheric boundary layer diagnosed through a model and its adjoint

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 599-620

  Margulis, Steven A ^a   Entekhabi, Dara ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 0035528516     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2001)002<0599:FBTLSE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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