An integrated high-resolution hydrometeorological modeling testbed using LIS and WRF

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-181

  Kumar, Sujay V ^a   Peters Lidard, Christa D ^b   Eastman, Joseph L ^a   Tao, Wei Kuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth system modeling; Hydrologic prediction; Land atmosphere interaction; Mesoscale modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERICS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MOISTURE;

HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM; MESOSCALE MODELING; WEATHER RESEARCH FORECASTING;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34748856119     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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