A comparison of the Noah and OSU land surface models in the ECPC seasonal forecast model

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1031-1048

  De Haan, Laurel L ^a   Kanamitsu, Masao ^a   Lu, Cheng Hsuan ^b   Roads, John O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATOLOGY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AFRICA; CONGO BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36348961332     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM629.1     Document Type: Article

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