The Global Land Data Assimilation System

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 381-394

  Rodell, Matthew ^a   Houser, P R ^a   Jambor, U ^b   Gottschalck, J ^b   Mitchell, K ^c   Meng, C J ^b,c   Arsenault, K ^b   Cosgrove, B ^b   Radakovich, J ^b   Bosilovich, M ^a   Entin, J K ^b,e   Walker, J P ^d   Lohmann, D ^c   Toll, D ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY STORAGE; FLOODS; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; GLOBAL LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 11144356588     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-85-3-381     Document Type: Article

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