Hydrometeorology of the Amazon in ERA-40

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 764-774

  Betts, Alan K ^a   Ball, John H ^a   Viterbo, Pedro ^b   Dai, Aiguo ^c   Marengo, José ^d  

^a Atmospheric Research   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW; WATER VAPOR;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 24944461712     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM441.1     Document Type: Article

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