Impact of initial soil moisture anomalies on subsequent precipitation over North America in the coupled land-atmosphere model CAM3-CLM3

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 513-533

  Kim, Yeonjoo ^a   Wang, Guiling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34447625749     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM611.1     Document Type: Article

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