Evaluation of 10 methods for initializing a land surface model

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 146-155

  Rodell, Matthew ^a   Houser, P R ^a   Berg, A A ^b   Famiglietti, J S ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 19044380748     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM414.1     Document Type: Article

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