Diurnal to annual precipitation sensitivity to convective and land surface schemes

Earth Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Ruane, Alex C ^a   Roads, John O ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Land surface model; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ATMOSPHERIC WATER; COMPONENT INTERACTION; CONTINUOUS SIMULATION; LAND SURFACE MODELING; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LAND SURFACE SCHEME; OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY;

HEAT CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOIL MOISTURE; VAPORS;

SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 53649107581     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008EI256.1     Document Type: Article

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