Streamflow and water balance intercomparisons of four land surface models in the North American Land Data Assimilation System project

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Lohmann, Dag ^a   Mitchell, Kenneth E ^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 ^a,e   Higgins, R Wayne ^a   Pinker, Rachel T ^f   Tarpley, J Dan ^g  

^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)

Author keywords

LDAS; Streamflow; Water balance

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 18544404745     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003517     Document Type: Article

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