Impacts of vegetation and cold season processes on soil moisture and climate relationships over Eurasia

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Dong, Jiarui ^a,b   Ni Meister, Wenge ^c   Houser, Paul R ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND COVER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SPRING (SEASON); WINTER;

EURASIA;

EID: 34347354451     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007774     Document Type: Article

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