Toward a South America Land Data Assimilation System: Aspects of land surface model spin-up using the Simplified Simple Biosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  de Goncalves, L Gustavo Goncalves ^a,b   Shuttleworth, William James ^a   Burke, Eleanor J ^c   Houser, Paul ^d,e   Toll, David L ^b   Rodell, Matthew ^b   Arsenault, Kristi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d Center for Research on Environment and Water Institute of Global Environment and Society ^*  (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERPOLATION; MOISTURE; SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BIOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FROZEN GROUND; LAND SURFACE; MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 33847058447     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006297     Document Type: Article

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