Impact of leaf area index seasonality on the annual land surface evaporation in a global circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  van den Hurk, Bart J J M ^a   Viterbo, Pedro ^b   Los, Sietse O ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate dynamics; Evapotranspiration; Land atmosphere interactions; Precipitation; Remote sensing; Water cycles

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; SEASONALITY;

EID: 0346008116     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002846     Document Type: Article

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