Effects of implementing MODIS land cover and Albedo in MM5 at two contrasting U.S. regions

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1043-1060

  Yucel, Ismail ^a  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA SET; LAND COVER; MODIS;

EID: 33750950996     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM536.1     Document Type: Article

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