Monitoring and predicting the 2007 U.S. drought

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Luo, Lifeng ^a,b   Wood, Eric F ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DROUGHT MONITORING AND PREDICTION SYSTEM; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITY;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DROUGHT; LAND SURFACE; MONITORING SYSTEM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949095654     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031673     Document Type: Article

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