Atmospheric controls on soil moisture-boundary layer interactions. Part I: Framework development

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 552-569

  Findell, Kirsten L ^a   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; MOISTURE; SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 0043094286     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2003)004<0552:ACOSML>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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