Flux replacement as a method to diagnose coupled land-atmosphere model feedback

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1034-1048

  Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a   Zhao, Mei ^a  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 12344293748     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-384.1     Document Type: Article

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