Forty-five years of observed soil moisture in the Ukraine: No summer desiccation (yet)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Robock, Alan ^a   Mu, Mingquan ^b   Vinnikov, Konstantin ^c   Trofimova, Iryna V ^d   Adamenko, Tatyjana I ^e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d Ukrainian Res Inst Environ Rsrc   (Ukraine)

^e Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Centre   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE;

DATA SETS; METEOROLOGICAL FORCING; REANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

SOILS;

DESICCATION; MOISTURE; SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER;

EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UKRAINE; WORLD;

EID: 17744396293     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021914     Document Type: Article

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