GCIP water and energy budget synthesis (WEBS)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Roads, J ^a   Lawford, R ^b   Bainto, E ^a   Berbery, E ^c   Chen, S ^a   Fekete, B ^d   Gallo, K ^e   Grundstein, A ^f   Higgins, W ^g   Kanamitsu, M ^a   Krajewski, W ^h   Lakshmi, V ⁱ   Leathers, D ^j   Lettenmaier, D ^k   Luo, L ^l   Maurer, E ^k   Meyers, T ^m   Miller, D ⁿ   Mitchell, K ^g   Mote, T ^f   Pinker, R ^c   Reichler, T ^a   Robinson, D ^l   Robock, A ^l   Smith, J ^o   Srinivasan, G ^p   Verdin, K ^e   Vinnikov, K ^c   Vonder Haar, T ^q   Vorosmarty C ^d   Williams, S ^r   Yarosh, E ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b National Oceanic/Atmospheric Admin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^l RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m National Oceanic/Atmospheric Admin   (United States)

ⁿ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o Princeton University   (United States)

^p DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^q Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Hydrologic cycle; Land surface models; Regional models; Water and energy budgets; Water cycle

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BUDGET; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER BASIN;

MISSISSIPPI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1342268733     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002583     Document Type: Article

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