Improving the quality of simulated soil moisture with a multi-model ensemble approach

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 624 PART A, 2007, Pages 731-747

  Guo, Zhichang ^a   Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a   Gao, Xiang ^a   Zhao, Mei ^a  

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

Author keywords

Multi model ensemble; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MOISTURE;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAND SURFACE; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; LAND SURFACE; MODELING; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ILLINOIS; INDIA; MONGOLIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249998402     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.48     Document Type: Article

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