A catchment-based approach to modeling land surface processes in a general circulation model 2. Parameter estimation and model demonstration

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D20, 2000, Pages 24823-24838

  Ducharne, Agnès ^a   Koster, Randal D ^b   Suarez, Max J ^b   Stieglitz, Marc ^c   Kumar, Praveen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CATCHMENT; LAND SURFACE; MODEL TEST;

EID: 16644392990     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900328     Document Type: Article

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