Land-surface modelling in hydrological perspective - A review

Biogeosciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-241

  Overgaard, J ^a,b   Rosbjerg, D ^a   Butts, M B ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DHI   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ENERGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 33646789443     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-3-229-2006     Document Type: Review

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