The operational Eta Model precipitation and surface hydrologic cycle of the Columbia and Colorado basins

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-370

  Luo, Yan ^a   Berbery, Ernesto Hugo ^a   Mitchell, Kenneth E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN;

COLORADO BASIN; COLUMBIA BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26444568725     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM435.1     Document Type: Article

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