Soil state and surface hydrology diagnosis based on MOSES in the Met Office Nimrod nowcasting system

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-109

  Smith, Roderick N B ^a   Blyth, E M ^b   Finch, J W ^b   Goodchild, S ^a   Hall, R L ^b   Madry, S ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nowcasting; Runoff; Snowmelt; Soil moisture; Surface hydrology

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGIES; NOWCASTING; POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; SNOWMELT; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL MOISTURE DEFICITS; SURFACE HYDROLOGY;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CLOUD COVER; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NOWCASTING; RADIATION BUDGET; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SNOWMELT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 33748199693     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482705002069     Document Type: Article

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