The CHAmeleon Surface Model: Description and use with the PILPS phase 2(e) forcing data

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 121-135

  Pitman, A J ^a   Xia, Y ^a   Leplastrier, M ^a   Henderson Sellers, A ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chameleon land surface model; Land surface model; Surface energy balance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ENERGY FLUX; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; SURFACE ENERGY;

KALIX RIVER; OVRE ABISKOJOKK; OVRE LANSJARV; SCANDINAVIA; TORNE RIVER;

EID: 0037772378     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(03)00015-8     Document Type: Article

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