Sensitivities of soil wetness simulation to uncertainties in precipitation and radiation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Wei, Jiangfeng ^a   Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a   Guo, Zhichang ^a  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; GROUNDWATER; RADIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

COLD CLIMATES; FORCINGS; NET RADIATION; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES; RADIATION SENSITIVITY; SEASONAL CYCLES; SEMI-ARID REGIONS; SOIL WETNESS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES; WARM CLIMATES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 53749093250     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034494     Document Type: Article

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