An intercomparison of soil moisture fields in the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Schaake, John C ^a   Duan, Qingyun ^a   Koren, Victor ^a   Mitchell, Kenneth E ^b   Houser, Paul R ^c   Wood, Eric F ^d   Robock, Alan ^e   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^f   Lohmann, Dag ^b   Cosgrove, Brian ^g   Sheffield, Justin ^d   Luo, Lifeng ^e   Higgins, R Wayne ^b   Pinker, Rachel T ^h   Tarpley, J Dan ⁱ  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

ⁱ OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Land surface models; Soil moisture; Total water storage

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA ASSIMILATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER STORAGE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2642527877     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003309     Document Type: Article

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