Evaluating aspects of the Community Land and Atmosphere Models (CLM3 and CAM3) using a Dynamic Global Vegetation Model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2290-2301

  Bonan, Gordon B ^a   Levis, Samuel ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); VEGETATION;

GRASSLANDS; SIMULATED VEGETATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION;

EID: 33745110906     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3741.1     Document Type: Article

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