Soil moisture modeling based on multiyear observations in the Sahel

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1140-1146

  Yamaguchi, Y ^a   Shinoda, M ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION; MOISTURE; SOILS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

METEOROLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

NIGER; SAHEL;

EID: 0036868067     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2002)041<1140:SMMBOM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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