A multimodel analysis, validation, and transferability study of global soil wetness products

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1218-1236

  Gao, Xiang ^a,b   Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; LAND SURFACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 33751019410     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM551.1     Document Type: Article

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