Incorporating organic soil into a global climate model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 145-160

  Lawrence, David M ^a   Slater, Andrew G ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Climate modeling; Land surface scheme; Permafrost; Soil carbon; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE CONTENT; ORGANIC SOIL; PARAMETERIZATION; PERMAFROST; POROSITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 38849152178     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-007-0278-1     Document Type: Article

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