The role of the land surface background state in climate predictability

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 599-610

  Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND LEVEL; CLIMATE MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0042848657     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2003)004<0599:TROTLS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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