The sensitivity of West African convective line water budgets to land cover

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-76

  Mohr, Karen I ^a   Baker, R David ^b   Tao, Wei Kuo ^c   Famiglietti, James S ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b AUSTIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; HEAT FLUX; LAND COVER; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

AFRICA;

EID: 0037304764     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2003)004<0062:TSOWAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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