Assessing land-atmosphere coupling using soil moisture from the Global Land Data Assimilation System and observational precipitation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Jingyong ^a   Wang, Wei Chyung ^a   Wei, Jiangfeng ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CORRELATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; GRASSLAND; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSITION ZONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; CANADA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; INDIA; MONGOLIA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56349122116     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009807     Document Type: Article

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