Impact of scale and aggregation on the terrestrial water exchange: Integrating land surface models and rhône catchment observations

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1002-1015

  Stöckli, Reto ^a,b   Vidale, Pier Luigi ^c   Boone, Aaron ^d   Schär, Christoph ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; LAND SURFACE; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 36348989067     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM613.1     Document Type: Article

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