Intercomparison of global reanalyses and regional simulations of cold season water budgets in the western United States

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1067-1087

  Leung, L Ruby ^a   Qian, Yun ^a   Han, Jongil ^b   Roads, John O ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER BUDGET;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0842334544     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2003)004<1067:IOGRAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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