Development and testing of a frozen soil parameterization for cold region studies

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 690-701

  Zhang, Xia ^a   Sun, ShuFen ^a   Xue, Yongkang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD REGION; FREEZING; FROZEN GROUND; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARAMETERIZATION; RICHARDS EQUATION; SOIL WATER; THAWING; WATER FLOW;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; XIZANG;

EID: 34848835467     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM605.1     Document Type: Article

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