Intercomparison of water and energy budgets for five Mississippi subbasins between ECMWF reanalysis (ERA-40) and NASA Data Assimilation Office fvGCM for 1990-1999

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Betts, Alan K ^a   Ball, John H ^a   Bosilovich, Michael ^b   Viterbo, Pedro ^c   Zhang, Yuanchong ^d   Rossow, William B ^e  

^a Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Mississippi basin budgets; Precipitation; Reanalysis; Surface energy budgets

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY BUDGET; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; TEMPERATURE; WATER BUDGET;

MISSISSIPPI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19244382898     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003127     Document Type: Article

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