The Pilot Phase of the Global Soil Wetness Project

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 851-878

  Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a   Dolman, A J ^b   Sato, Nobuo ^c  

^a Ctr Ocean Land Atmosphere Studs   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 0346097069     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<0851:TPPOTG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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