Evaluation of reanalysis soil moisture simulations using updated Chinese soil moisture observations

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-193

  Li, Haibin ^a   Robock, Alan ^a   Liu, Suxia ^b   Mo, Xingguo ^b   Viterbo, Pedro ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 17744400766     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM416.1     Document Type: Article

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