The evolution of, and revolution in, land surface schemes designed for climate models

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 479-510

  Pitman, A J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon; Climate modelling; Global scale; Land surface modelling; Review

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGY;

LAND SURFACE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CARBON SINK; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND SURFACE;

EID: 0038752562     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.893     Document Type: Article

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