Covariabilities of spring soil moisture and summertime United States precipitation in a climate simulation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 429-438

  Wu, Wanru ^a,c,d   Dickinson, Robert E ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Liu, Yongqiang ^b   Shaikh, Muhammad ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d RS Information Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate simulation; Land atmosphere interaction; Soil moisture precipitation coupling; SVD

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COVARIANCE MATRIX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNITED STATES;

LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SSTS); SOIL-MOISTURE-PRECIPITATION COUPLING; SPRINGTIME SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER PRECIPITATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); UNITED STATES;

EID: 34047202157     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1419     Document Type: Article

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