AGCM biases in evaporation regime: Impacts on soil moisture memory and land-atmosphere feedback

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 656-669

  Mahanama, Sarith P P ^a,b   Koster, Randal D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EVAPORATION; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PREDICTION; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 28044468628     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM446.1     Document Type: Article

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