The multi-institution North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS): Utilizing multiple GCIP products and partners in a continental distributed hydrological modeling system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Mitchell, Kenneth E ^a   Lohmann, Dag ^a   Houser, Paul R ^b   Wood, Eric F ^c   Schaake, John C ^d   Robock, Alan ^e   Cosgrove, Brian A ^b   Sheffield, Justin ^c   Duan, Qingyun ^d   Luo, Lifeng ^e   Higgins, R Wayne ^a   Pinker, Rachel T ^f   Tarpley, J Dan ^g   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^h   Marshall, Curtis H ^a   Entin, Jared K ^b   Pan, Ming ^c   Shi, Wei ^a   Koren, Victor ^d   Meng, Jesse ^a,b   Ramsay, Bruce H ^g   Bailey, Andrew A ^g   more..

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Land data assimilation; Land modeling; Surface energy budget

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENERGY BUDGET; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SATELLITE DATA; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE ENERGY;

EID: 18544397365     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003823     Document Type: Article

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