A long-term hydrologically based dataset of land surface fluxes and states for the conterminous United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 3237-3251

  Maurer, E P ^a   Wood, A W ^a   Adam, J C ^a   Lettenmaier, D P ^a   Nijssen, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION; STREAM FLOW; WATER;

LAND SURFACE FLUXES;

HYDROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; DATA SET; LAND SURFACE; SURFACE FLUX;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037113274     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<3237:ALTHBD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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