Use of satellite-based precipitation observation in improving the parameterization of canopy hydrological processes in land surface models

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 745-763

  Wang, Dagang ^a   Wang, Guiling ^a   Anagnostou, Emmanouil N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTERCEPTION; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 28044448078     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM438.1     Document Type: Article

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