Data-supported robust parameterisations in land surface-atmosphere flux predictions: Towards a top-down approach

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2259-2277

  Schulz, Karsten ^a   Beven, Keith ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equifinality; Evaporative fluxes; GLUE framework; SVAT schemes

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; SOILS; VEGETATION;

SOIL-VEGETATION-ATMOSPHERE TRANSFER (SVAT);

HYDROLOGY;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ENERGY FLUX; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

EID: 0043233414     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1331     Document Type: Article

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