The soil-precipitation feedback: A process study with a regional climate model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 722-741

  Schär, Christoph ^a   Lüthi, Daniel ^a   Beyerle, Urs ^a   Heise, Erdmann ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS;

REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL; SOIL-PRECIPITATION FEEDBACK;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL;

EID: 0039613986     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0722:tspfap>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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