Implementation of Noah land surface model advances in the National Centers for Environmental Prediction operational mesoscale Eta model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 22, 2003, Pages

  Ek, M B ^a   Mitchell, K E ^a   Lin, Y ^a   Rogers, E ^a   Grunmann, P ^a   Koren, V ^b   Gayno, G ^c   Tarpley, J D ^d  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Offutt Air Force Base   (United States)

^d OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled modeling; Eta model; Land surface model

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; LAND SURFACE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1442314273     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003296     Document Type: Article

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