Evaluation of European Land Data Assimilation System (ELDAS) products using in situ observations

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1023-1037

  Jacobs, C M J ^a   Moors, E J ^a   Ter Maat, H W ^a   Teuling, A J ^a   Balsamo, G ^b,c   Bergaoui, K ^b   Ettema, J ^c,d   Lange, M ^e   Van Den Hurk, B J J M ^f   Viterbo, P ^c,g   Wergen, W ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^g INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR CORRECTION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LEAF AREA INDEX; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SAMPLING BIAS; SOIL MOISTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 52949097310     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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