A numerical approach to calculating soil wetness and evapotranspiration over large grid areas

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Sellers, P J ^a   Fennessy, M J ^b   Dickinson, R E ^c  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

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

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INTEGRATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOILS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NUMERICAL METHOD; SOIL MOISTURE; WETTABILITY;

EID: 36348948470     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008781     Document Type: Article

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