Evaluation of the North American Land Data Assimilation System over the southern Great Plains during the warm season

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 22, 2003, Pages

  Robock, Alan ^a   Luo, Lifeng ^a   Wood, Eric F ^b   Wen, Fenghua ^b   Mitchell, Kenneth E ^c   Houser, Paul R ^d   Schaake, John C ^e   Lohmann, Dag ^c   Cosgrove, Brian A ^d   Sheffield, Justin ^b   Duan, Qingyun ^e   Higgins, R Wayne ^c   Pinker, Rachel T ^f   Tarpley, J Dan ^g   Basara, Jeffery B ^h   Crawford, Kenneth C ^h  

^a Center for Environmental Prediction   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e National Weather Service   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g Office of Research and Applications   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Soil moisture; Surface fluxes

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE FLUX;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1342330990     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003245     Document Type: Article

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