Intercomparison of soil moisture memory in two land surface models

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1134-1146

  Mahanama, Sarith P P ^a,b   Koster, Randal D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE FORCING; LAND SURFACE; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 0842291525     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2003)004<1134:IOSMMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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